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The Gospel of Mark 4: 35-41 When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into theContinue reading “Reflection on Mark 4:35-41: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 20, 2021 Father’s Day”

The Gospel of Mark 4:26-34 Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the fullContinue reading “Reflection on Mark 4:26-34; The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 13 2021”

Gospel of Mark 3:20-35 The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and byContinue reading “Reflection on Mark 3:20-35: Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 6, 2021”

There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly,Continue reading “The Gospel of John 3:1-17: Trinity Sunday May 30, 2021”

May 23, 2021 The Gospel of John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Jesus said to his disciples, ”When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from theContinue reading “Gospel of John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15: Reflection on the Day of Pentecost”

The Gospel of John 17:6-19 Jesus prayed for his disciples, “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the wordsContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 17: 6-19 Seventh Sunday of Easter May 16, 2021”

The Gospel According to Luke 24:44-53 Jesus said to his disciples, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you– that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and heContinue reading “Reflection for Ascension Day May 13, 2021”

Reflection on John 15:9-17 Sixth Sunday of Easter (Mother’s Day and Rogation Sunday) 9 May 2021 Gospel of John 15:9-17: Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I haveContinue reading “Reflection on John 15:9-17 Sixth Sunday of Easter (Mother’s Day and Rogation Sunday) 9 May 2021”

The Gospel of John 15:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples, ”I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that IContinue reading “Reflection on John 15-1-8:  5th Sunday of Easter 2 May 2021”

The Gospel of John 10:11-18: Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. TheContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 10:11-18 Good Shepherd Sunday: 25 April 2021”