Saturday, April 8th Scripture Gn 1:1-2:2, Ps 104: 1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35; Gn 22: 1-2, 9-13, 15-18, Ps 16: 5, 8-11 Ex 14: 15 – 15: 1, Ps Ex 15: 1-6, 17-18; Is 54: 5-14, Ps 30: 2, 4-6, 11-13 Is 55: 1-11, Is 12: 2-6; Bar 3: 9-15, 32-4:4, Ps 19: 8-11 […]
Good Friday
Friday, April 7th Scripture Is 52:13-53:12 Ps 31: 2,6,12-13, 15, 17, 25 Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9 John 18:1 – 19:42 Reflection “He bore the punishment that makes us whole.” Isa 53:5 I dread the Good Friday liturgy. It reminds me that execution of one human being by another still occurs in our country. Suffering of the […]
Holy Thursday
Thursday, April 6th Scripture Ex 12: 1-8, 11-14 Ps 116: 12-13, 15-18 1 Cor 11: 23-26 Jn 13: 1-15 Reflection “I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” Jn 13:15 “Be careful,” Mabel’s husband cautions her, when she suggests that they—a black couple […]
Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 2nd Scripture Is 50: 4-7 Ps 22: 8-9, 17-20, 23-24 Phil 2: 6-11 Mt 26: 14-27: 66 Reflection “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.” Today we enter into what is simultaneously the most powerful and most mysterious of […]
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 26th Scripture Ez 37: 12-14 Ps 130: 1-8 Rom 8: 8-11 Jn 11: 1-45 Reflection … she went and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” John 11: 20, 28 As I re-read this Gospel, a detail that I had not noticed before […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 19th Scripture 1 Sam 16: 1, 6-7, 10-13 Ps 23: 1-6 Eph 5: 8-14 Jn 9: 1-41 Reflection “I am the Light of the world.” Jn 9:5 The story of the blind man is our story. We are all born blind. The difference between the blind man and ourselves is that he knew […]
Third Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 12th Scripture Ex 17: 3-7 Ps 95: 1-2, 6-9 Rom 5: 1-2, 5-8 Jn 4: 5-42 Reflection “Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst.” Jn 4:14 We’ve heard the Woman at the Well story so many times, haven’t we? Yet Lent 2023 offers invitations perhaps on a deeper level. Jesus […]
Second Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 5th Scripture Gn 12: 1-4 Ps 33: 4-5, 18-20, 22 2 Tim 1: 8-10 Mt 17: 1-9 Reflection “When they raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus.” Mt. 8 What if you truly lived as a beloved Child of God? What if all the communities of earth (every creature: human, […]
First Sunday of Lent
Sunday, February 26th Scripture Gen. 2: 7-9; 3:1-7 Ps. 51: 3-6, 12-13 Rom. 5: 12-19 Mt. 4: 1-11 Reflection “Do not take your spirit from me.” Ps. 51: 12 The readings today outline the redemption story in dramatic detail. Genesis speaks of the cunning nature of evil as the serpent bargains with Eve: Don’t worry […]
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22nd Scripture Joel 2: 12-18 Ps 51: 3-6, 12-14, 17 2 Cor 5:20 – 6:2 Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18 Reflection “Even now…return to me with your whole heart.” Joel 2:12 When I read the words of Joel 2:12, I feel my heart soften and turn towards the One who loves me, like a […]
