A reflection on Lent: Lent is the great spring-cleaning of the Christian life. It is the traditional season of prayer and fasting in preparation for the great feast of Easter. The word Lent is derived from a Saxon word meaning “spring.” In the early church, Lent was viewed as a spiritual spring, a time ofContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Luke 13:31-35 Second Sunday of Lent March 16 2025”
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Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 9: 28-43 The Transfiguration Last Sunday after the Epiphany March 2, 2025
The Gospel of Luke 9:28-43aJesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and wereContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 9: 28-43 The Transfiguration Last Sunday after the Epiphany March 2, 2025”
Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 6:17-26 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany February 16, 2025
The Gospel of Luke 6:17-26Jesus came down with the twelve apostles and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; andContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 6:17-26 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany February 16, 2025”
Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 5:1-11 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 9, 2025
The Gospel of Luke 5:1-11Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into oneContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 5:1-11 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 9, 2025”
Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 2:22-40 Feast of The presentation of our Lord, and Celebration of Candlemas: February 2, 2025
The Gospel of Luke 2:22-40When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), and theyContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Luke 2:22-40 Feast of The presentation of our Lord, and Celebration of Candlemas: February 2, 2025”
Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 12:28-34 Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 3, 2024
The Gospel of Mark 12:28-34One of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees disputing with one another, and seeing that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love theContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 12:28-34 Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 3, 2024”
Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 10:35-45: Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost, October 20, 2024
Gospel of Mark 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us toContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 10:35-45: Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost, October 20, 2024”
Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 10:2-16 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost World Communion Sunday October 6, 2024
The Gospel of Mark 10:2-16 Some Pharisees came, and to test Jesus they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said to them, “Because ofContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 10:2-16 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost World Communion Sunday October 6, 2024 “
Reflection on the Gospel of John 1:43-51, Second Sunday after the Epiphany: January 14, 2024
The Gospel of John 1:43-51 Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus sonContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 1:43-51, Second Sunday after the Epiphany: January 14, 2024”
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