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Scripture Reflection for Sept. 22, 2024, Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJem Sullivan

Wis 2:12, 17-20 Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8 Jas 3:16-4:3 Mk 9:30-37 The lives of the saints reveal the many trials and persecutions that the holiest men and women encounter from within or from outside ...

Scripture Reflection for Sept. 8, 2024, Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Jem Sullivan

Is 35:4-7a Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 Jas 2:1-5 Mk 7:31-37 We live in the Age of Information that promises instant, endless means of communication, whether it's through television, the internet, social ...

Reflection for Aug. 25, 2024, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary TimeJem Sullivan

Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21 Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32 Jn 6:60-69 When was the last time you had the opportunity to give public witness to Christian faith? Perhaps it ...

Scripture Reflection for Aug. 11, 2024, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jem Sullivan

1 Kgs 19:4-8 Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Eph 4:30-5:2 Jn 6:41-51 Food advertising is everywhere. From television to social media platforms, in grocery stores and restaurants, from food commercials ...

Scripture Reflection for July 28, 2024, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJem Sullivan

2 Kgs 4:42-44 Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 Eph 4:1-6 Jn 6:1-15 The celebration of a National Eucharistic Congress this year invites reflection on the gift and mystery of the Eucharist. We are reminded ...

Scripture Reflection for June 16, 2024, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Jem Sullivan

Ez 17:22-24 Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 2 Cor 5:6-10 Mk 4:26-34 To walk by faith, and not by sight, is one of the challenges and joys of the spiritual journey. This is the invitation extended to all ...

Scripture Reflection for June 2, 2024, Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristJem Sullivan

Ex 24:3-8 Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 Heb 9:11-15 Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 "Be what you see, become what you receive!" With these words, the saintly bishop Augustine urged his flock to deepen their understanding ...

Scripture Reflection for May 19, 2024, Pentecost Sunday Jem Sullivan

Acts 2:1-11 Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25 Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 When St. John Paul II was elected to the papacy in 1978, among his first words to ...