Gospel Reflection

Back then the Jewish people began their 24-hour day the evening before at 6:00 pm in the evening. So, five…

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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

We hear in our Gospel, we have to forgive, “not seven times but seventy-seven times.” One guy responded, “Great, not…

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

On the backside of a one-dollar bill, we are reminded that we are being watched; that eye on top of…

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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

Peter spoke on automatic pilot because he did not want anything bad to happen to Jesus. “God forbid, Lord! No…

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22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

Matthew 16:18, “I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.” or “You,…

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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

Jesus puts Jews and gentiles under the same roof, and the first to get there is the Canaanite woman from…

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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

To walk on water like Peter means to miraculously suspend the force of gravity so the surface tension of the…

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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

A spiritual director asked a directee, “How many souls have you led to Christ during this prolonged intense experience of…

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The Transfiguration of the Lord | Year A

In 1905, the world’s largest diamond, a 3,106-Carat Diamond called the Cullinan diamond, weighing over a pound and worth $2…

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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

James Worthington of Western Kentucky University, president of the North Central Weed Science Society. “When [weeds] get big enough that…

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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

The seed that fell on the path, which the birds ate up, is the evil once snatching away the word…

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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year A

One day, a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in a given culture. He expected…

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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Year A