Scripture Reflection for Sept. 15, 2024, Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 50:5-9a Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Jas 2:14-18 Mk 8:27-35 I can still remember the priest who taught us Scripture during diaconate formation talking about the passage from the Gospel that we hear ...
Scripture Reflection for Sept. 1, 2024, Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Deacon Greg Kandra
Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Are we doers? The letter from James this Sunday lays it all on the line and reminds us what truly matters. Think ...
Scripture Reflection for Aug. 18, 2024, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Prv 9:1-6 Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Eph 5:15-20 Jn 6:51-58 This Gospel puts me in a New York state of mind. Encountering this Sunday's passage from John's Gospel, I can't help but think back to a stretch ...
Scripture Reflection for Aug. 4, 2024, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Deacon Greg Kandra
Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54 Eph 4:17, 20-24 Jn 6:24-35 When you think about it, we got our first clue at Christmas. It was there, in the very name of the town where Jesus was born: ...
Scripture Reflection for July 21, 2024, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Jer 23:1-6 Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 Eph 2:13-18 Mk 6:30-34 I don't run into shepherds very often, but a few years ago, I ran into a shepherd (via Google) by the name of Kim Goodling. She and her ...
Scripture Reflection for June 23, 2024, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Deacon Greg Kandra
Jb 38:1, 8-11 Ps 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31 2 Cor 5:14-17 Mk 4:35-41 Rembrandt got it. Centuries ago, the artist captured the scene in this Sunday's Gospel -- a scene full of raging waves ...
Scripture Reflection for June 9, 2024, Tenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Gn 3:9-15 Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2 Cor 4:13-5:1 Mk 3:20-35 Have you ever felt rejected by the people you love? You're in good company. The Scriptures this Sunday show what Jesus went through ...
Scripture Reflection for May 26, 2024, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Deacon Greg Kandra
Dt 4:32-34, 39-40 Ps 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22 Rom 8:14-17 Mt 28:16-20 Periodically, people ask me, "What is your favorite part of being a deacon?" Near the top of my list would have to be the ...
