The Poor Widow’s Offering
Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: I Kings 17: 10-16 (RM) or 8-16 (RCL); Psalm 146; Hebrews 9: 24-28; Mark 12:…
A Reflection on Declining Church Attendance
Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Psalm 81; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23-3:6 (RCL.) “Here is how we see the Sabbath,” said my Jewish colleague one day. “Six days a week you walk out…
Women Are Not Roles in the Church. We Are Persons. And Always Have Been: Part II
Susan Roll is speaking to a conference in the Netherlands this week, and her regular Scripture reflection is not available. In its place, Susan has agreed to our publishing a…
Women Are Not Roles in the Church. We Are Persons. And Always Have Been.
Susan Roll is speaking to a conference in the Netherlands this week, and her regular Scripture reflection is not available. In its place, Susan has agreed to our publishing a…
Reflection for the Holy Family, or First Sunday of Christmas
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.…
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 22: 19-23 (RM) or Isaiah 51: 1-6; Psalm 138; Romans 11: 33-36 (RM) or Romans 12: 1-8 (RCL); Matthew 16: 13-20. What’s in a name? Maybe, a mistaken identity?…
Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 11: 22 – 12: 2 (RM) or Isaiah 1: 10-18 (RCL); Psalm 145 or 32; 2 Thessalonians 1: 11 - 2: 2 (RM) or 1: 1-4, 11-12 (RCL); Luke…