Numbers 11:25-29, James 5:1-6, Mark 9:38-43,45, 47-48 Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets! A cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ… A prevalent theme of today’s readings is possessions. All that you and I possess, inside
(Wisdom 2:12, 17-20, James 3:16-4:3, Mark 9:30-37) What were you arguing about on the way…? Whoever receives one child…. At our parish church this past Sunday, a bright, little six-year-old boy was lifted up by his father to the baptismal font, and was washed clean
(Isaiah 50:4c-9, James 2:14-18, Mark 8:27-35) The Lord God is my help. Will I take up my cross and follow him? Would you agree, my friends, that we have heard some beautiful but tough scriptural readings in today’s liturgy? Today’s theme word can be
September 8, 2024 Do you hear what I hear? Be strong; fear not! The gift of summer days oceanside or poolside is much more enjoyable and safe because of our sense of hearing. The rhythmic rush of the surf or the warning cry of
Sunday, September 1, 2024 To Do or Not to Do? Isn’t it remarkable that we adults, as well as children, can hear an instruction or rule, remember it, and later, just not follow it? Home from college one fine spring day, my cheerful younger
Reflection for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Gospel according to John: 6:60-69) Receiving Holy Communion regularly and worthily gives us eternal life. In the sixth Chapter of John’s Gospel we hear Jesus’ discourse on receiving the Bread of Life. He tells his disciple
Today’s reading is a continuation of Jesus’ Eucharistic sermon recorded in John’s Gospel, chapter 6. We have been hearing it for several weeks, and, in some ways, it seems that we have been hearing the same words over and over. That would be unusual for the carefully
Do you ever feel ‘tired of it all’? Do you ever think, ‘I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired’? Do you come across this phrase, ‘There is not one who cares for my soul,’ and look up and say, ‘Yes, that’s me!’? I
Words fail to describe the depth of my experience at the Eucharistic Congress. With all that happened, each moment was an encounter with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus. The word that most often came to me throughout the days at the Congress was “crucifixion”. Whenever
My Experience: A personal reflection on the Eucharistic Congress Written by: A Sister of Charity (SCMC). During our whole life of faith, some of the beautiful, inspiring examples that we experience on the outside of our little selves, can prompt a strong and stirring
“Into Gethsemane” (Friday, July 19, 2024) 10th National Eucharistic Congress This Friday, a traditional day of Penance and remembrance of Jesus’ Passion, was filled with joy and hope, inspired by the generosity of our Eucharistic Lord, ever present with us to lighten, enlighten, to heal
Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Here in the West we are preoccupied with food. That’s strange, since in most of the world, so many people go to bed hungry. Now THAT would preoccupy me, going to bed hungry. It seems that food
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