Reflection on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For Fall September 22, 2026
“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all” Stanley Horowitz Everything Has Its Time Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 20:1-16: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2026
The Gospel of Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing…
Reflection on The Gospel of John 12:31-36a Holy Cross Day September 14, 2026
The Gospel of John 12:31-36a Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. The crowd…
Remembering 9/11
Friday September 11, 2026 Remembering 9/11 is never a simple act — it’s a layered, solemn return to a day that reshaped our nation’s story and our sense of vulnerability, unity, and hope. The lives lost — nearly 3,000 people, each with a name, a story, a family. The first responders — firefighters, police…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 18:21-35 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 13, 2026
The Gospel of Matthew 18:21-35 Peter came and said to Jesus, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 6:19-24 September 7, 2026, Labor Day
Jesus said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 18:15-20 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 6, 2026
The Gospel of Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you,…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 16:21-28 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 30,2026
The Gospel of Matthew 16:21-28 Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 16:13-20 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 23, 2026
The Gospel of Matthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do…
Reflection on The Gospel of Matthew 15:10-28 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 16, 2026
The Gospel of Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know…
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