Sunday Readings: Exodus 22.20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1.5-10; Matthew 22.34-40 When the Pharisees heard Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, who put a question to him about resurrection from the dead, the Pharisees assembled together. One of them, a lawyer, in an attempt to trip Jesus up, asked, “Teacher, which commandment of the law is the greatest?” JesusContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for October 29, 2023 – 30th Sunday Ordinary Time”
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Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 25, 2023 – 12th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 20.10-13; Romans 5.12-15; Matthew 10.26-33 “Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven” (Matthew 10.31-32). In Matthew 10.5-42, Jesus commissions twelve disciples to do what he had been doing—healingContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 25, 2023 – 12th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Plan Early for Advent andExplore the Gospel of Mark
In Advent the Church begins to read from Mark’s gospel at Sunday Eucharist, the Cycle B readings. Plan early. Form bible study groups in your parish or congregation. These two books are all you need to reflect on Mark’s gospel together. Mark’s Gospel: the Whole Story is a short (88 pages) and very readable introduction toContinue reading “Plan Early for Advent andExplore the Gospel of Mark”
Gospel Reflection for June 18, 2023 – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Exodus 19.2-6; Romans 5.6-11; Matthew 9.36-10.8 Jesus sent the twelve disciples out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has comeContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for June 18, 2023 – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for June 11, 2023 – Blood and Body of Christ
“This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. Those who eat this bread will live forever” (John 6.58). John’s gospel equates faith in Jesus with faith in Jesus’ signs. Eucharist is a performative sign, a commitment we live out, that we perform. Jesus isContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for June 11, 2023 – Blood and Body of Christ”
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Pentecost
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.1-11 1 Corinthians 12.3-7, 12-13 John 20.19-23 When it was evening on the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you” . . . He showedContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Pentecost”
Gospel Reflection for May 14, 2023 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Acts 8.5-8,14-17; 1 Peter 3.15-18; John 14.15-21 Jesus spoke to his disciples. “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I amContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for May 14, 2023 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for April 30, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.14,36-41; 1 Peter 2.20-25; John 10.1-10 I tell you truly, I am the sheepgate. All who came before me are thieves and marauders whom the sheep did not heed. I am the gate. Those who enter through me will be safe. They will go in and out, and find pasture. The thiefContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for April 30, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Easter”
Gospel Reflection for March 19, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Lent
Sunday Readings: 1 Samuel 16.1,6-7,10-13; Ephesians 5.8-14; John 9.1-41 Jesus heard that the teachers had expelled the man born blind from the synagogue, Jesus found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” The man answered, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can believe in him.” Jesus said to him,Continue reading “Gospel Reflection for March 19, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Lent”
Gospel Reflection for February 12, 2023 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Sirach 15.15-20; 1 Corinthians 2.6-10; Matthew 5.17-37 Jesus taught his disciples about the law, saying, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them (Matthew 5.17). In Sunday’s gospel Jesus urges his followers to live more than the commandments notContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for February 12, 2023 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time”
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