Still This Love Goes On
This song by Buffy Sainte-Marie holds a special place in my heart as one of my all-time favorite songs. This soulful ballad beautifully explores themes of memory, enduring love, and…
Reflection for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost A
Isaiah 55: 6-9 (RM) or Jonah 3:10 –4:11 (RCL); Psalm 145 Philippians 1: 20-24, 27 (RM) or 21-30 (RCL); Matthew 20: 1-16. The First Reading for this Sunday, in the…
Not the Last Word
There are times in one’s life when things seem to happen all at once and you wonder what’s going on. The events of the past few weeks have left me…
Reflection for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sirach 27:30 – 28:7 (RM) or Genesis 50: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 103; Romans 14: 7-9 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Matthew 18: 21-35. This is so, so hard. God, is this…
Reflection for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Ezekiel 33: 7-9 (RM) or 7-11 (RCL); Psalm 95 (RM) or 119 (RCL); Romans 13: 8-10 (RM) or 8-14 (RCL); Matthew 18: 15-20. If you have a family member, a…
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Jeremiah 20: 7-9 (RM) or Jeremiah 15: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 63 (RM) or 26 (RCL); Romans 12: 1-2 (RM) or Romans 12: [1-2] 19-21 (RCL); Matthew 16: 21-27 (RM) or…
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?…
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7 (RM) or 1, 6-8 (RCL); Psalm 67; Romans 11: 13-15, 29-32 (RM) or 1-2a, 29-32 (RCL); Matthew 15: 21-28 (RM) or (10-20), 21-28 (RCL). It’s happened…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time or Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-13a (RM) or 9-18 (RCL); Psalm 85; Romans 9: 1-5 (RM) or Romans 10: 5-15 (RCL); Matthew 14: 22-33. Suddenly becoming aware of your vulnerability is…
Feast of the Transfiguration or Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14 (RM) or Isaiah 55: 1-5 (RCL); Psalm 97 (RM) or 145 (RCL) 2 Peter 1: 16-19 (RM) or Romans 9: 1-5 (RCL); Matthew 17: 1-9 (RM)…