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Gospel Reflection Easter 5April 28, 2013John 13:31-35
31When [Judas] had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will ...
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Gospel Reflection Easter 3CApril 14, 2013John 21:1-19
21After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. 2Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael...
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Gospel Reflection Easter Year CApril 7, 2013John 20:19-31
19When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “...
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Gospel Reflection Easter Year CMarch 31, 2013John 20:1-18
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the othe...
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Gospel Reflection Palm Sunday Year CMarch 24, 2013Liturgy of the Palms Liturgy of the Passion
Palm Sunday may be the most roller coaster day of the entire church year. It’s not something we can fully understand. We can only experience it, live in it, w...
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Gospel Reflection Lent 5CMarch 17, 2013John 12:1-11
12Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table w...
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Gospel Reflection Lent 4CMarch 10, 2013Luke 15:1-32
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3So he tol...
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Gospel Reflection Lent 1CMarch 3, 2013Luke 13:1-9
At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in th...
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Gospel Reflection Lent 2CFebruary 24, 2013Luke 13:31-35
31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons ...
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Gospel Reflection Lent 1CFebruary 17, 2013Luke 4:1-13
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and wh...
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Gospel Reflection Transfiguration Sun CFebruary 10, 2013Luke 9:28-43
28Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face chan...
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Gospel Reflection Epiphany 4CFebruary 3, 2013Luke 4:21-30
Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is ...
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Gospel Reflection Epiphany 3CJanuary 27, 2013Luke 4:14-21
14Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. 15He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised b...
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Gospel Reflection Epiphany 2CJanuary 20, 2013John 2:1-11
2On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine gave out, the mother of Je...
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Gospel Reflection The Baptism of Christ CJanuary 13, 2013Luke 3:15-22
As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize...
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Gospel Reflection, EpiphanyJanuary 6, 2013Matthew 2:1-12
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed h...
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Gospel Reflection Christmas 1C December 30, 2012Luke 2:41-52
Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they sta...
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Gospel Reflection Advent 4C December 23, 2012Luke 1:39-56
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the chi...
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Gospel Reflection Advent 3C December 16, 2012 Luke 3:7-18
John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yoursel...
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Gospel Reflection Advent 2C December 9, 2012 Luke 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonit...