Category Archives: Uncategorized

The Gospel of John 20:1-18   Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So, she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said toContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 28:1-10 and the Gospel of John 20:1-18: Easter  Sunday, April 9 2023”

Collect for Good Friday Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross, who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for everContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 18:1-19:42: Good Friday, April 7 2023”

The Gospel John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of JudasContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of John 13:1-17: Maundy Thursday: Celebration of the Last Supper,  April 6 2023”

The Gospel of John 20:1-18   Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So, she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said toContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 28:1-10 and the Gospel of John 20:118:  Easter  Sunday, April 9 2023”

The Gospel of Matthew 21:1-11 When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring themContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 21:1-11. Palm Sunday: April 2, 2023”

The Gospel of Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! TheContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Luke 1: 26-38, The Annunciation. March 25, 2023”

The Gospel of John 11:1-45 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whomContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 11: 1-45: Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 26 2023”

The Gospel of John 9:1-41 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.Continue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 9:1-41, Fourth Sunday of Lent:  March 19, 2023”

The Gospel of John 4:5-42 Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.  A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said toContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 4:5-42, Third Sunday of Lent: March 12, 2023”

The Gospel of John 3:1-17 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.”Continue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 3: 1-17, Second Sunday of Lent: March 5, 2023”