Yearly Archives: 2022

1 Corinthians 13:1-13  If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do notContinue reading “Reflection on the Epistle 1 Corinthians 13:  Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, January 30, 2022”

The Gospel of Luke 4:14-21 Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogueContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Luke 4:14-21: Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Jan 23, 2022”

January 16, 2022 The Gospel of John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” AndContinue reading “The reflection on the Gospel of John 2: 1-11 Second Sunday after the Epiphany”

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thongContinue reading “Reflection on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22: First Sunday after the Epiphany January 9, 2022”

The Gospel of Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”Continue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 2:1-12: Epiphany January 6, 2022”