Sunday Reflection

The Bread of Life — “What good is that for so many?”

Jul 22, 2015

This week’s scripture begins a series of Eucharistic controversies that will haunt the Gospels over the next four weeks. I wonder if it is a strategic gift of providence.
Sixteenth Sunday: The Twenty-third Psalm

Jul 15, 2015

Ages and ages ago I went to a public grade school.
Fifteenth Sunday: Amos and us — everyday people called to prophesy

Jul 10, 2015

Today’s first reading is from the Book of the Prophet Amos. Amos was quite different than most of the prophets we come upon in Hebrew Scriptures.
Fourteenth Sunday: Power Made Perfect In Weakness

Jul 01, 2015

The second reading for today is written by a troubled man. The reading itself is troubling for us. In St Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, he writes about a thorn in the flesh that he suffered from.
The favour shown you by Jesus Christ

Jun 26, 2015

St Paul’s message of grace is about Mev Puleo. I first met her when she was a college student — vivacious, intelligent, and wonderfully on fire.
Twelfth Sunday: Peace in the turmoil

Jun 18, 2015

As I was thinking about the readings for this week and the fact that this Sunday is Father’s Day.
Eleventh Sunday: Trusting in God’s Time

Jun 10, 2015

Those of you who know me know that I have the basic New York attitude of trying to do too much myself and wanting everything immediately.
The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord: The Covenant of Eucharist

Jun 04, 2015

Today’s first reading presents a significant scene from the Book of Exodus.
The voice of God speaking

May 28, 2015

Walker Percy in Lost in the Cosmos, mused ironically about the strange fate of postmoderns who spend millions trying to get chimps to talk and billions on space stations attentively listening for an extraterrestrial blip that might speak to us.
The Solemnity of Pentecost: Called from Safety into Love

May 21, 2015

The doors were locked. The bar was firmly in place. The Temple police who had hunted Jesus down Thursday evening would not so easily get into the Upper Room on Sunday.