Sunday Reflection

• John 6 part 5 — The choice is ours

  Aug 19, 2015

  The battles were over. The promised land was won. There were no enemies left strong enough to route the Hebrews from the land.

  
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  Sustained — “I myself am the living bread”

  Aug 06, 2015

  Strengthened by God’s sustenance, Elijah, even though he felt like dying, walked forty days and nights to the mountain of the Lord.

  

• The Bread of Labour: “Working for perishable food”

  Jul 31, 2015

  We work for food. We work hard. We get money for our work. And money? It has been known at times as “bread.” In fact, an advertisement for the Missouri lottery consecrates the miracle of winning as “our daily bread.”

  
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  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.

  
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  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.

  
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  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.

  
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  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.