Scripture Reflection for March 8, 2026, Third Sunday in Lent
Ex 17:3-7 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 Jn 4:5-42 Preaching on this story from John's Gospel, I like how St. Augustine put it. Describing the dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 22, 2026, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, apostle
1 Pet 5:1-4 Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 Mt 16:18 Mt 16:13-19 Lent calls for a return to the basics. On Ash Wednesday, for instance, we are exhorted to give alms, to pray, to fast (Mt 6:1-6, 16-18). These ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 8, 2026, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 58:7-10 Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Cor 2:1-5 Mt 5:13-16 To understand what Jesus means by calling his disciples "the salt of the earth," St. Augustine said that we should keep in mind the two immediately ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 25, 2026, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 8:23-9:3 Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Mt 4:12-23 OR 4:12-17 It's helpful still to take a step back and see the bigger picture, to understand what the church has been trying to teach us ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 11, 2026, Baptism of the Lord
Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38 Mt 3:13-17 Our liturgies carry us to Christ; our worship becomes an encounter. What we adore is revealed in sacrament, revealing our intimate ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 14, 2025, Third Sunday of Advent
Is 35:1-6a, 10 Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 Jas 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 It was for them a kind of Advent. The disciples of John the Baptist were eager to see the Messiah. The story Matthew tells is that John ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 30, 2025, First Sunday of Advent
Is 2:1-5 Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Since ancient times, Romans 13 has been read by Christians at Advent. To wake up spiritually to the reality of Christ's presence ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 16, 2025, Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mal 3:19-20a Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 2 Thes 3:7-12 Lk 21:5-19 To know the end is near, to watch for the end, St. Augustine taught that the fruit of such knowledge and vigilance is patience. Instead of ...
