Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 13
Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5: 15-20; John 6: 51-58. There’s a saying I’ve run across more than once lately: “In our time, we tend to think that the ancient…
Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost A
Wisdom 6: 12-16 (RM) or Amos 5: 18-24 (RCL); Psalm 63; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (RM) or 13-14 and 15-18 (RCL); Matthew 25: 1-13. At my age, just a tad past…
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…
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Zechariah 9: 9-10 (RM) or 9-12 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RM) or (RCL); Romans 8: 9, 11-13 (RM) or Romans 7: 15-25a (RCL); Matthew 11: 25-30 (RM) or 16-19, 25-30 (RCL).…
Reflection for Trinity Sunday
Exodus 34: 4b-6, 8-9 (RM) or Genesis 1:1-2:4a (RCL); Canticle from Daniel 3 (RM) or Psalm 104 (RCL); 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 (RM) or 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13(RCL); John 3:…
What Legacy Am I Leaving Behind?
This reflection was prompted by the recent death of my sister, who continues to be uppermost in my mind and heart. As I continue to grieve, I also meditate on…
Lessons From My Elderly Mom
At the moment, I am with my mother as her companion since I returned to the Philippines in January. My sister recently died in December. It was a sudden death…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Sirach 15: 15-20 (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 119; I Corinthians 2: 6-10 (RM) or 3: 1-9 (RCL); Matthew 5: 17-37 (RM) or 21-37 (RCL). One of my…