Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 Who couldn't use a miracle right about now? After weeks of parties and packages, planning and platters, the world returns to something ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 5, 2025, The Epiphany of the Lord
Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 If we haven't gotten enough of Christmas lights already this season -- on houses, trees, bushes, department stores -- this Sunday ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mi 5:1-4a Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Heb 10:5-10 Lk 1:39-45 Ironically, as our Advent journey is drawing to a close, another journey is beginning. It's right there in the first three words of this ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 24, 2024, Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Dn 7:13-14 Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5 Rv 1:5-8 Jn 18:33b-37 One thing is clear from this Sunday's gospel: Pontius Pilate is a man looking for answers. All of what he has to say in this passage from John is ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 10, 2024, Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 17:10-16 Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 Heb 9:24-28 Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44 The story of this encounter in this Sunday's gospel is often referred to as "The Widow's Mite," a mite being the smallest of ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 27, 2024, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 31:7-9 Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Heb 5:1-6 Mk 10:46-52 Like so much of the gospels, Jesus' encounter with a blind beggar this Sunday boils down to one simple question: "What do you want me to ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 13, 2024, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wis 7:7-11 Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Heb 4:12-13 Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 Think it's easy to gain eternal life? Think again. That message lies at the heart of this Sunday's Gospel, the familiar story ...
Scripture Reflection for Sept. 29, 2024, Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nm 11:25-29 Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 Jas 5:1-6 Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 In our divided and divisive times, this weekend's Gospel should give all of us pause. It poses some hard questions about how we ...
