Sunday Reflection

Fifth Sunday of Lent: Come Out of that Tomb!

Apr 02, 2017

Come Out of that Tomb!
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Searching for Sight

Mar 24, 2017

“Being in the know” is the sad attitude of many people throughout the world who are certain that their view of something or other is the only reasonable view.
Third Sunday of Lent: We Can Be Better

Mar 17, 2017

The Third Sunday of Lent presents the long Gospel account of the meeting of Jesus with the Samaritan Woman at a well.
Second Sunday of Lent: The Call of Abraham, the Call of Faith

Mar 12, 2017

The first readings for the Sundays of Lent, this year, focus on Old Testament figures. You might remember that last Sunday the reading focused on Adam and Eve. This Sunday the figure from the Old Testament is Abram
First Sunday of Lent: Forty Days of Victory

Mar 05, 2017

Forty. Lent is, as you know, forty days. Jesus fasted for forty days. Noah was on the ark while it rained for forty days.
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: To Care and Not to Care

Feb 25, 2017

Why are you so anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Law of Joy

Feb 16, 2017

Those of you who are circus devotees probably heard the bad news: Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey announced that they, as well as all circuses throughout America, have a serious shortage of clowns.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Living the Law

Feb 10, 2017

With this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we move into the part of the Sermon on the Mount that scholars call the six antitheses.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Poor in Spirit

Jan 27, 2017

When holy Scripture is being read, we should look at ourselves as though in a mirror and consider our state of soul. Let me explain what I mean.
‘Fishers of men’ means we gather others into new life

Jan 20, 2017

For many years, “fishing for people” seemed to me an odd and dangerous way to describe the apostolic mission.