Scripture Reflection for March 30, 2025, Fourth Sunday of Lent
Jos 5:9a, 10-12 Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 2 Cor 5:17-21 Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 We usually forget about the running. When we consider this Sunday's scripture and the heart-stopping story of the prodigal son, ...
Scripture Reflection for March 16, 2025, Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 Philippians 3:17-4:1 or Philippians 3:20-4:1 Luke 9:28b-36 This Sunday's readings seem to be all about wonder -- in Genesis, we hear about a sky ...
Scripture Reflection for March 2, 2025, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sir 27:4-7 Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 1 Cor 15:54-58 Lk 6:39-45 Have we been paying attention? For the last couple weeks, the Sunday scriptures have given us a healthy dose of what is commonly called ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 16, 2025, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 17:5-8 Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 Lk 6:17, 20-26 If anyone was expecting Jesus to deliver this sermon from a mountain, they got a shock. The first thing we notice in this Sunday's ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 2, 2025, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Mal 3:1-4 Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 Think Christmas was over weeks ago? Think again. The feast of the Presentation officially closes the Christmas season, 40 days after ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 Who couldn't use a miracle right about now? After weeks of parties and packages, planning and platters, the world returns to something ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 5, 2025, The Epiphany of the Lord
Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 If we haven't gotten enough of Christmas lights already this season -- on houses, trees, bushes, department stores -- this Sunday ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mi 5:1-4a Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Heb 10:5-10 Lk 1:39-45 Ironically, as our Advent journey is drawing to a close, another journey is beginning. It's right there in the first three words of this ...
