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The Gospel of Mark 7:24-37 Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowedContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 7:24-37 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 8, 2024”

The Gospel of Matthew 6:19-24 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 treasureContinue reading “Reflection on Labor Day September 2, 2024   The Gospel of Matthew 6:19-24”

The Gospel of Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash theirContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23: Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 1, 2024”

The Gospel of John 6:56-69 Jesus said, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven,Continue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of John 6:56-69 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 25, 2024”

The Gospel of John 6:51-58 Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us hisContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of John 6:51-58 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 18, 2024”

The Gospel of John 6:35, 41-51 Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “IsContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of John 6:35, 41-51 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 11, 2024”

The Gospel of John 6:24-35 The next day, when the people who remained after the feeding of the five thousand saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they saidContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 6:24-35 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 4, 2024”

The Gospel of John 6:1-21 Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover,Continue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 6:1-21 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost July 28, 2024”

The Gospel of John 20:11-18 Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why areContinue reading “Reflection on the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene The Gospel of John 20:11-18 July 22, 2024”

This evening, my wife and I went to Patches Family Creamery to enjoy a fantastic ice cream cone. As I was sitting on the porch eating my ice cream. I started watching the animals in the farm zoo, There were black and white goats,  black and white turkeys, a donkey, a cow, some sheep, andContinue reading ““Getting along””