Scripture Reflection for Jan. 18, 2026, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34 If you need help spotting Christ, you can always count on John the Baptist. "Behold, the Lamb of God!," he cried out when he saw Jesus. ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 4, 2026, 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 This Epiphany Sunday, the star of the Gospel is -- literally -- the star. Here is the original GPS device, guiding the magi from ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 21, 2025, Fourth Sunday of Advent
Is 7:10-14 Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 It sounds so simple. This Sunday, we hear St. Matthew's account of the events leading up to Christ's birth and it begins with an almost matter-of-fact ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 7, 2025, Second Sunday of Advent
Is 11:1-10 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Rom 15:4-9 Mt 3:1-12 Are we ready for a change? Well, it's coming. We are here in the Second Sunday of Advent -- in the desert, with a strange and disheveled ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 23, 2025, Solemnity of Christ the King
2 Sm 5:1-3 Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 Col 1:12-20 Lk 23:35-43 And just like that, we find ourselves once again back at Calvary. For much of this year, we've followed Jesus as he has journeyed toward ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 9, 2025, Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17 Jn 2:13-22 Happy Church Day! As feast days go, this Sunday is one of the more unusual ones on the church calendar. We don't commemorate ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 26, 2025, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18 Lk 18:9-14 Over the last several weeks, as St. Luke's Gospel has unfolded in our Sunday readings, some of us may have been reminded ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 12, 2025, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Kgs 5:14-17 Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 2 Tm 2:8-13 Lk 17:11-19 A writer once said that the two most popular prayers on earth are "Help, help, help!" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I won't disagree. ...
