The challenging call to forgiveness
Sir 27:30--28:7 Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Rom 14:7-9 Mt 18:21-35 How much is enough? This Sunday's Gospel begins with Peter asking that question, but with a very specific idea in mind. How ...
Peter's path amid stumbling blocks
Jer 20:7-9 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Rom 12:1-2 Mt 16:21-27 Honestly, you can't help but think: This was not on Peter's bingo card. There he was, the appointed leader of the apostles, trying to ...
The Canaanite woman and welcoming foreigners
Is 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Mt 15:21-28 This Sunday, one thing becomes clear: God really doesn't check passports or papers. That is one of the messages of this Sunday's ...
Scripture Reflection for Aug. 2, 2026, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 55:1-3 Rom 8:35, 37-39 Mt 14:13-21 This familiar passage from Matthew about the multiplication of the loaves and fishes gives us a lot to chew on (so to speak) but it's about more than grabbing ...
Scripture Reflection for June 21, 2026, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 20:10-13 Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 Rom 5:12-15 Mt 10:26-33 Are you really ready for this? The apostles must have been asking that question when Jesus gathered them together, "gave them authority ...
Scripture Reflection for June 7, 2026, Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 1 Cor 10:16-17 Jn 6:51-58 This is it. This Sunday marks the last of the big springtime Sunday feasts -- a final punctuation mark after the Easter ...
Scripture Reflection for May 24, 2026, Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-11 Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Jn 20:19-23 Did you hear that? Right about now, in a world torn apart by war and division and unrest in so many places, we need to ...
Scripture Reflection for March 15, 2026, Fourth Sunday in Lent
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41 "Now you know the rest of the story." For years, the broadcaster Paul Harvey signed off his daily radio show with that phrase. ...
