Gospel Reflection

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

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Palm Sunday | Year B

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

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Fifth Sunday of Lent | Year B

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

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Fourth Sunday of Lent | Year B

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

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Third Sunday of Lent | Year B

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

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2nd Sunday of Lent | Year B

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

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First Sunday in Lent | Year B

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

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year B

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

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Quinto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

The early monks knew about the tactics that demons use to tempt us: The first method is social, the demons…

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4th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year B

How to catch a fish.  Cast, get a bite, and try to hook it; loose it; say something emotional, sit…

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time | Year B

John the Baptist points out that his cousin, Jesus, was the sacrificial lamb who was to be a substitute for…

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Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

We hear Isaiah 60:1 in our First Reading; “Your light has come,” (60:1). God has come in Christ as the…

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The Epiphany of the Lord