From Doubt to Trust
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter A Readings: Acts 2: 42-47 (RM) or 2: 14a, 22-32 (RCL); Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1: 3-9; John 20: 19-31. As I was…
From Darkness to Dawn
Reflection for Easter Sunday A Readings: Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20: 1-9 or Matthew 28:1-10 (RM in the U.S.), John 20:…
Zebedee By The Shore
“As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he…
When Emptiness Becomes Grace
Reflection for Palm Sunday A Gospel of Palms: Matthew 21: 1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL);…
Death is Not the Last Word
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent A Readings: Ezekiel 37: 12-14 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Psalm 130; Romans 8: 8-11 (RM) or 6-11 (RCL); John 11: 1-45. It may…
Light in the Midst of Mystery
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent A Readings: 1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a (RM) or 1-13 (RCL); Psalm 23; Ephesians 5: 8-14; John 9: 1-41 “What did I…
Rereading the Woman at the Well
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent A Readings: Exodus 17: 4-7 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 95; Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); John 4: 5-42. Lent…
Learning to See the Light
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent A Readings: Genesis 12: 1-4a; Psalm 33 (RM) or 121 (RCL); 2 Timothy 1: 8b-10 (RM) or Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17 (RCL); Matthew…
A Snake in the Garden
Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent A Readings: Genesis 2: 7-9, 16-18, 25, 3:1-7 (RM) or 2: 7-9, 3: 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 51; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1-11.…
Growing into God’s Wisdom
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Sirach 15: 15-20 (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 119; I Corinthians 2: 6-10…