Gospel Reflection

You could say that the sweet smell of Mary’s perfume counters the stench of Lazarus’s tomb (John 11:39). 1.First the…

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Fifth Sunday of Lent | Year A

Spiritual blindness often has ideological roots and rational presuppositions. The Pharisees were so sure of everything—that God did not heal…

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Fourth Sunday of Lent | Year A

An ad in the local newspaper read: “For sale, sleeveless wedding dress, white, size 8, veil included. Worn once, by…

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Third Sunday of Lent, Year A

Peter was talking, but yielded to the voice from heaven and listened. The word translated “obey” in the Old Testament…

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Second Sunday of Lent, Year A

“One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.” Deuteronomy…

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First Sunday of Lent, Year A

What loving your enemies and being ‘perfect’ mean. In a movie, the character Massala had become Ben Hur’s enemy. Because…

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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

Jesus builds a shield around the law or Commandments in order to create more space and distance so that we…

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“You are the salt of the earth,” Matthew 5:13 Salt is for preservation. Meat in hot climates needed to be…

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

However important depending on God is and accepting his will, this is only half of what it means to be…

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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | “Blessed are the poor in spirit”

The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, which is today, is known as the Sunday of the Word of God and…

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus took away the garbage of sin not by the violent destruction of evil, but by voluntarily laying down his…

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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

The epiphany is the light of God’s salvation breaking into our heart and soul by the realization of our participation…

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The Epiphany if the Lord