Scripture Reflection for May 19, 2024, Pentecost SundayJem 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 ...
Scripture Reflection for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of Easter Jem Sullivan
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 1 Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17 In a digital culture dominated by social media and technological means of communication, the idea of friendship can often be ...
Scripture Reflection for April 21, 2024, Fourth Sunday of EasterJem Sullivan
Acts 4:8-12 Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 1 Jn 3:1-2 Jn 10:11-18 Throughout 2,000 years of Christian history, artistic expressions of faith can always be found. From the rustic art of the ...
Scripture Reflection for April 7, Second Sunday of Easter Jem Sullivan
Acts 4:32-35 Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1 Jn 5:1-6 Jn 20:19-31 Fear is a powerful human emotion that shapes our actions and words. A young man named Karol Wojtyla personally experienced the gripping ...
Scripture Reflection for March 24, Palm Sunday of the Lord's PassionJem Sullivan
Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Phil 2:6-11 Mk 14:1-15:47 The sacred events of Holy Week beg the question: Why did Jesus, the Son of God, have to suffer a cruel, unjust death on a cross? ...
Scripture Reflection for March 10, Fourth Sunday of Lent Jem Sullivan
2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23 Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Eph 2:4-10 Jn 3:14-21 Need a summary of the Christian faith? This Sunday's Gospel offers one. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so ...
Scripture reflection for Feb. 25, Second Sunday of LentJem Sullivan
Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 Rom 8:31b-34 Mk 9:2-10 Lent is a graced time for spiritual transfiguration. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church notes, "the Transfiguration ...
Reflections on readings for Feb. 11, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jem Sullivan
Lv 13:1-2, 44-46 Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11 1 Cor 10:31-11:1 Mk 1:40-45 Most of us struggle to keep up with new year resolutions if we make them. I've fallen behind on my spiritual resolutions already! Thanks ...
