Sunday Reflection

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  Palm Sunday: “My heart is filled with sorrow to the point of death”

  Mar 26, 2015

  I can admit now, that when I was young, I hated those movies portraying the life of Christ. They were never snazzy enough. The miracles were never convincing.

  

• Fifth Sunday of Lent: Our Hours

  Mar 20, 2015

  The days are coming when I will write my law deep within their hearts. All of them, from the least to the greatest will know that I am their God.

  

• Fourth Sunday of Lent: We Are God’s Work of Art

  Mar 12, 2015

  I was blessed, as a child, to be exposed to good art.

  

• Third Sunday of Lent: The Wisdom of the Cross

  Mar 05, 2015

  This Sunday’s Gospel put Jesus’ knowledge of our human nature so clearly: He really knew what was going on in men’s hearts. He knew what they thought.

  

• Second Sunday of Lent: The Covenant of Faith

  Feb 27, 2015

  Today’s readings present us with several figures from the Jewish tradition. In the first reading we come upon Abraham, the Father of Faith and his son Isaac.

  
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  First Sunday of Lent: The Weeping Jesus

  Feb 20, 2015

  The grave purple colors, the ashes and sticks, the lack of flowers, crosses everywhere, all remind us that this week we begin Lent.

  

• Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Unclean No More

  Feb 13, 2015

  When I visit a hospital or a nursing home, I will often come upon a room with a warning on the door.

  

• Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time: His Touch Demands Our Response

  Feb 06, 2015

  Today’s readings from scripture can raise a number of eyebrows. My first reaction is: “What in the world was that all about?” The first reading begins with a horrible quotation from the Book of Job.

  

• Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: He spoke with authority

  Jan 29, 2015

  In today’s Gospel reading, the Sacred Writer, the Holy Spirit, speaks about the authority of the Lord. The reading is taken from the first chapter of the earliest of the Gospels, the Gospel of Mark.

  

• Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: It Is Never Too Late

  Jan 23, 2015

  nce a year, I put on my classical duds and go to New York City to see an opera or two. A few years ago I saw Mozart’s Don Giovanni.