Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time B
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; Psalm 95 (RM) or 111 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 7: 32-35 (RM) or 8: 1-13 (RCL); Mark 1: 21-28. A word of warning: our Reflection on this week’s…
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; Psalm 95 (RM) or 111 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 7: 32-35 (RM) or 8: 1-13 (RCL); Mark 1: 21-28. A word of warning: our Reflection on this week’s…
I am writing to tell you that we had to say goodbye to our beloved dog Luca yesterday. It happened so suddenly that we are in shock. He was his…
Jonah 3: 1-5, 10; Psalm 25 (RM) or 62 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 7: 29-31; Mark 1: 14-20. Lectionaries are works in progress. …so are calls… This week, conveniently, the Roman…
Advent 2023 was a different one for me. Against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian war wreaking unimaginable devastation on already bereft people, the ongoing violence in the Ukraine, Myanmar, and…
1 Samuel 3: 3b-10, 19 (RM) or 1-10 (RCL); Psalm 40 (RM) or 139 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 6: 13c-15a, 17-20 (RM) or 12-20 (RCL); John 1: 35-42 (RM) or 43-51…
RCL: Baptism of Our Lord Genesis 1: 1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1: 4-11 Did you know that, if you were to visit Israel today (although perhaps you’ll want…
Isaiah 60: 1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2: 1-12. The year was 1987. A world-renowned professor of catechetics had assembled a crack team of experts in scripture,…
In 2014, American theologian Elizabeth Johnson wrote a wonderful book that included in its title Ask the Beasts. Job 12:17 continues, “ask the beasts and they will teach you.” We…
RM for Canada: Genesis 15: 1-6, 17: 3b-5, 15-16, 21: 1-7 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128; Hebrews 11: 8, 11-12, 17-19 or Colossians 3: 12-21; Luke 2: 22-40.…
“It would be important for a family to have a rice cooker in the home and lots and lots of rice!!” This was part of an email reply an RNDM…