Sunday Reflection
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Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Humility
Sep 01, 2019
Today’s readings call us to consider the topic of humility. Humility is a virtue we all struggle to obtain. Its opposite, pride, is the fundamental flaw of all human beings.
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Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time: Embracing our Christianity
Aug 25, 2019
We need to embrace our Christianity with enthusiasm. We need to stop complaining about our sacrifices and look to the Cross of Jesus Christ.
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Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Cost of Discipleship
Aug 18, 2019
We begin with the plight of Jeremiah who was persecuted because he proclaimed the Truth of God. It would have been so much easier for Jeremiah to have kept his prophecy to himself.
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Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Living Faith
Aug 11, 2019
Today’s reading speaks about faith and our response to faith. They begin with Abraham, the Father of Faith. Abraham was a prosperous man of his time, living in Ur, located in the fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Successful Christian
Aug 04, 2019
The readings for this Sunday force us to take a closer look at the whole concept of success. In the Gospel reading, the man is convinced that he is a success because he is a rich farmer.
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Seventeenth Sunday: “Teach us how to pray”
Jul 28, 2019
“Teach us how to pray,” the disciples asked Jesus. This is the longing of our souls. We want to pray. We want to be with God.
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Sixteenth Sunday: Life in the Presence of Christ
Jul 21, 2019
In this Sunday’s second reading from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, Paul speaks about a mystery, “a mystery that has been hidden for ages is now manifested to God’s Holy Ones.
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Fifteenth Sunday: The good samaritan next door
Jul 14, 2019
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable of living the Law of the Lord. That is how the parable begins. That is what the scholar of the Law asked Jesus to comment on.
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Fourteenth Sunday: Boasting in the Cross
Jul 07, 2019
St Paul is speaking positively about boasting. I thought boasting was bad. I thought we were never supposed to boast. I mean, I know that last year I was conceited and that this year I’m perfect, but I also know that it is wrong to boast about it.
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Argentine Church aims to steer youth to sports, not drugs
Jul 04, 2019
In a country where soccer players are quite literally considered gods, Argentina’s Catholic Church has launched a campaign aimed at preventing minors using drugs by introducing them to sports.
Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Lamb of God
“Lamb of God.” We use that term so often that it is easy for us to overlook the deep theology and the unfathomable love of our God contained in His sending His Son to be the Lamb.
