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The Gospel of Mark 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.”Continue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 9:30-37 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 22, 2024”

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 crowdContinue reading “Holy Cross Day Reflection on The Gospel of John 12:31-36a September 14, 2024”

The Gospel of Mark 8:27-38 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who doContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 8:27-38 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 15, 2024”

Let us never forget: On the morning of September 11, 2001, 2,976 people from 93 nations lost their lives in New York, at the Pentagon, and on Flight 93. Today, we pause to remember that moment of horror and pray for those left scarred by those terrible events.” We remember the first time we heardContinue reading “Remembering 9/11 Patriots Day 2024”

The Epistle of James 2:1-17 My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take noticeContinue reading “Reflection on the Epistle of James 2:1-17 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 8, 2024”

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”