Gospel Reflection

Good Shepherds have a heart for their flock Jeremiah 3:15.  E.g. Since ancient times, shepherds have made music to calm their flocks, scare off predators,…

The first stage of the Emmaus story is the broken dream. First, listen to other’s troubles. Make use of telephone…

635 words ——————- Psalm 85:10, “Justice and Mercy have kissed.” Justice and Mercy has been called the oldest joke in psychiatry because when it tries to…

Easter is revealed in returning to gardens! The meaning of paradise is a garden, from the Latin paradisus meaning park, orchard, the…

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion 668 words In the book Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag, concludes that seeing news articles…

The seed has to be buried first—a seed can exist for a long time without being buried. In 2005, a…

(Pop = Popular) Pop Verse John 3:16, in our Gospel:  For God so loved the world that he gave his…

Our First Reading lists the Ten Commandments: “You shall not carve idols for yourselves.” E.g. Egyptian sun temples were ancient…

Today could be called the Sunday of the Three Mountains. “Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go…

He was among wild beasts (Mark 1:3). This is no Garden of Eden. Jackals, “wild dogs, cheetahs, spotted hyenas and…

In the film “Dead Man Walking,” there is a striking moment of contrasting pastoral styles. As the condemned prisoner, Matthew…

We hear in Mark 1:29 today that “Jesus entered the house of Simon [Peter] and Andrew.” A team of archaeologists…