Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 17.5-8; 1 Corinthians 15.12, 16-20; Luke 6.17, 20-26 Jesus stood on a level place where a crowd of his disciples and a large crowd of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coast of Tyre and Sidon were gathered. Raising his eyes toward his disciples, he said, “Blessed are you poor because yoursContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for February 13, 2022 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time”
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Gospel Reflection for January 23, 2022 – 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Nehemiah 8.2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12.12-30; Luke 1.1-4, 4.14-21 Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did and stood up to read. The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, Jesus found the place whereContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for January 23, 2022 – 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for September 5, 2021 – 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 35.4-7; James 2.1-5; Mark 7.31-37 In the region of Decapolis people brought to Jesus a man who was deaf and who had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. Jesus took the man aside in private away from the crowd and put his fingers into his ears. He spat and touchedContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for September 5, 2021 – 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for April 11, 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts 4.32-35; 1 John 5.1-6; John 20.19-31 Jesus said to the disciples, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” He breathed on them, saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven them; if you hold them bound, they are held bound.”Continue reading “Gospel Reflection for April 11, 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Easter”
Prayer of the Week
Gospel Reflection for February 23, 2020, 7th Sunday Ordinary Time
Scripture Readings: Leviticus 19.1-2, 17-18; 1 Corinthians 3.16-23; Matthew 5.38-48 “You have heard it said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemies.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for God makes the sunContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for February 23, 2020, 7th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for October 29, 2017, 30th Sunday Ordinary time
Scripture Readings: Exodus 22.20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1.5-10; Matthew 22.34-40 “Teacher, which commandment of the law is greatest?” – Matthew 22.36 Love God and neighbor without distinction. This is the distilled version of the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the religious community to which I belong. The mission calls us to act—to love and formContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for October 29, 2017, 30th Sunday Ordinary time”
Loving God and Neighbor
From the Spirit 4 Teens blog: “One cannot honor another person without blessing God who created the person. One cannot adore God without loving all God’s creatures.” Catechism of the Catholic Church #2069 Loving our neighbors as ourselves is another way of expressing the golden rule — “Do unto others as you would have themContinue reading “Loving God and Neighbor”