Today is a world-wide day to honor and support Earth. We suggest three websites to help you and your family think about your responsibility for our common home. May Earth Day be a blessing to you and may you be a blessing to Earth. Catholic Climate Covenant: http://www.catholicclimatecovenant.org Earth Day 2019: https://www.earthday.org/ Laudato Si, exhortation of PopeContinue reading “Honor the Earth”
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Gospel Reflection for October 7, 2018, 27th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Genesis 2.18-24; Hebrews 2.9-11; Mark 10.2-12 “God made humans male and female, and for this reason men and woman leave their fathers and mothers and the two become one.” – Mark 10.6-8 Some Pharisees ask Jesus in Sunday’s gospel, “Does the law permit divorce?” This question is still controversial today. The law of Moses does permitContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for October 7, 2018, 27th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for March 4, 2018, 3rd Sunday for Lent
Scripture Readings: Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1.22-25; John 2.13-25 “Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.” – John 2.6 Jesus seeks to reclaim the temple as a place of prayer rather than commerce. His short explanation is a great Tweet: “Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.” His disruptive actions of dumping out money andContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for March 4, 2018, 3rd Sunday for Lent”
World Day of the Poor
Pope Francis has named this coming Sunday, November 19, 2017, the first World Day of the Poor. The Sunday gospel invites us to reflect on how to invest our talents in the world community. The pope’s namesake, Francis of Assisi, models building relationships with people who are poor. St. Francis attributed staying with lepers inContinue reading “World Day of the Poor”
Gospel Reflection for July 23, 2017, 16th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 12.13,16-19; Romans 8.26-27; Matthew 13.24-43 “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are children of the evil one.” – Matthew 13.37-38 The gospel last Sunday took us to the parableContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for July 23, 2017, 16th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 7, 2017, 4th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts. 2.14, 36-41; 1 Peter 2.20-25; John 10.1-10 “I came that my sheep might have life and have it more abundantly.” – John 10.10 Walking together is what tracts Pope Francis to the good shepherd image. In speaking to parish priests, Pope Francis reflects, “What could be more beautiful than this: walking withContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 7, 2017, 4th Sunday of Easter”
Gospel Reflection for January 15, 2017, 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 49.3,5-6; 1 Corinthians 1.1-3; John 1.29-34 “The one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘When you see the Spirit descend and rest on someone, it is he who is to baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ Now I have seen for myself and have testified, ‘This is God’s chosen one.’”Continue reading “Gospel Reflection for January 15, 2017, 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time”
The Role of Women
On his recent flight from Sweden to Rome, Pope Francis told reporters, “Concerning the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, St. Pope John Paul II had the last clear word on this and it stands, this stands.” He added that it is not likely to ever change. The clarity of the statement surprised some inContinue reading “The Role of Women”
Gospel Reflection for November 20, 2016, Christ the King
Sunday Readings: 2 Samuel 5.1-3; Colossians 1.12-20; Luke 23.35-43 “Jesus is the face of God’s mercy,” Pope Francis writes in announcing the Jubilee Year of Mercy that ends this Sunday. “These words might well sum up the mystery of Christian faith. Mercy has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination inContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for November 20, 2016, Christ the King”
Gospel Reflection for October 16, 2016, 29th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Exodus 17.8-13; 2 Timothy 3.14-4.2; Luke 18.18 “Take up my case. Give me my just rights against my opponent.” – Luke 18.3 The widow in Jesus’ parable this Sunday is not asking for food and basic necessities. She is seeking her “just rights.” The word in Greek, ekdikeo, is not the usual termContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for October 16, 2016, 29th Sunday Ordinary Time”
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