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Friday, July 29th, 2022 Click for Daily Readings Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” ~ Jn 11:25-26 Today, I reflect on Martha’s interaction with Jesus. Specifically,…
Thursday, July 28th, 2022 Click for Daily Readings Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased. ~ Jer 18:4 Jeremiah caught my attention because his experience reminded of God’s presence in life. It’s the…
Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 Click for Daily Readings Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a…
Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 Click for Daily Readings He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom. The weeds are the children of the Evil One, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. ~ Mt…
Monday, July 27th, 2022 Click for Daily Readings He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom.” ~ Mt 20:21 Today, I’m choosing to speak about the Gospel reading, which is Matthew…
Friday, May 20th, 2022 Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel of John 15:12-17, Jesus is closing his speech about staying together, faithful, and in alignment with his teachings. He’s finishing what sounds like a contract to me, in verse 16, “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and…
Thursday, May 19th, 2022 Click here for daily readings Today, I’m going back to the first reading, which is from Acts 15:7-21. I want to explore the verse where Peter responds to the request that circumcision is required for salvation. He says, “On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of…
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 Click here for daily readings Today, I’m talking about the Gospel, but my perspective is heavily influenced by how I interpret what’s happening in the reading from Acts 15:1-6 The scene revolves around the Pharisees arguing that to be saved, the Moses tradition should be followed, and the gentiles had to…
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 Click here for daily readings Today I’m thinking about a few sentences of the gospel, John 14:27-31. I’m focusing on the part where Jesus says to his disciples, in verse 27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it…
Monday, May 16th, 2022 Click here for daily readings Today, I share what came to me as I read from Acts 14:5-18. A crippled man is hanging out near Paul and Barnabas. “At Lystra there was a crippled man, lame from birth, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking, who looked intently at…