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 ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 3, 2025, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 1 Cor 15:45-49 Lk 6:27-38 Even if I've not always heeded it, it's advice I've never forgotten. Strange advice, ancient and monkish, from ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 9, 2025, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 1 Cor 15:3-8, 11 Lk 5:1-11 What's remarkable, said St. John Henry Newman, about this story from Luke, is Peter's "instant obedience." Really, ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 26, 2025, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27 Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having ...
