Scripture Reflection for June 15, 2025, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Prv 8:22-31 Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 5:1-5 Jn 16:12-15 "Remember you're speaking as a Catholic," St. Augustine thundered once in a sermon. But he wasn't talking about the sacraments. He wasn't ...
Scripture Reflection for June 1, 2025, Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Eph 1:17-23 OR Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23 Lk 24:46-53 It took a while for me to learn why the ascension of Jesus mattered. I mean, on the surface it seems a funny thing, ...
Scripture Reflection for May 18, 2025, Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 14:21-27 Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Rv 21:1-5a Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 In this Sunday's Gospel reading, we are brought back to Holy Thursday, to that dark evening of gift and betrayal and a new covenant. ...
Scripture Reflection for May 4, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Rv 5:11-14 Jn 21:1-19 OR John 21:1-14 After Easter, what do we do? Or, to put it another way, what difference does the resurrection of Jesus make? ...
Scripture Reflection for April 20, 2025, the Resurrection of the Lord
Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3:1-4 OR 1 Cor 5:6b-8 Jn 20:1-9 I often return to Charles Péguy at Easter. One of my favorite poets, his words remind me what it's all about. From ...
Scripture Reflection for April 6, 2025, Fifth Sunday of Lent
Is 43:16-21 Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Phil 3:8-14 Jn 8:1-11 Evil isn't a single thread. Rather, it is, to borrow Sir Walter Scott's image, a "tangled web." Lie upon lie, interlocking deceptions and ...
Scripture Reflection for March 23, 2025, Third Sunday of Lent
Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 Lk 13:1-9 This certainly isn't Jesus at his most pastoral. By pastoral, of course, I mean things like kindness, gentleness, speaking ...
Scripture Reflection for March 9, 2025, First Sunday of Lent
Dt 26:4-10 Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 Rom 10:8-13 Lk 4:1-13 What the Church seems to whisper through these readings at the beginning of Lent is a simple message. God is with you is that simple ...
