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Sunday Gospel reflection: Be more than a passive bystander!

Living with Christ Apr 13, 2018 0

Those disciples — they’re so slow to catch on to what the Risen Jesus is saying. Time after time, their faith is shaken. Their certainty fades. They second-guess themselves. Even when Jesus appears before their very eyes, they are confused…

Spirituality

Sunday Gospel reflection: Let Jesus heal your wounds

Living with Christ Apr 6, 2018 0

Thomas did something we would all like to do. It would be so much easier to believe if we could touch and see the wounds of Christ. Yet, the wounds of Christ are present every day in many different ways. I can still touch them; perhaps I…

Lent

Easter Sunday Gospel reflection: Experience Christ’s living presence

Living with Christ Mar 29, 2018 0

While there are differences in the various Passion narratives, common to all four Gospels is the concern of Jesus’ friends and followers that he be given a decent burial. Most of them had abandoned him or at best were standing off at a…

Lent

Holy Saturday Gospel reflection: The living presence of the Risen Lord

Living with Christ Mar 29, 2018 0

This is the holiest night of the year — the night when we celebrate Christ’s victory over the power of sin and death. This is the night when we listen to a series of readings that proclaim God’s constant presence and care for all humanity.…

Lent

Good Friday Gospel reflection: Christ’s passion unites us all

Living with Christ Mar 28, 2018 0

As the Gospel story of Jesus’ passion unfolds today, we witness the light of the world being led from one interrogator to another and finally condemned to a cruel death, by crucifixion. Drawn like Peter, we follow him who has also…

Lent

Holy Thursday Gospel reflection: Unite yourself with Christ

Living with Christ Mar 28, 2018 0

“Master, are you going to wash my feet?” The shock in Peter’s question is clear. How could his Lord and master stoop so low? Paul answered clearly in last Sunday’s liturgy: ”He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave.” “Father, are you…

Faith

Sunday Gospel reflection: Live all life’s ups and downs with God

Living with Christ Mar 23, 2018 0

Today’s liturgy, like much of life at times, is marked by wild contrasts. One day Jesus rides into Jerusalem in triumph. He is greeted with joyful shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” The people greet the…

Faith

Sunday Gospel reflection: Live as people of the covenant

Living with Christ Mar 16, 2018 0

Some years ago, traveling in Guatemala, I was asked by the Sisters of St. Joseph to take some young people on an outing. Piling as many as could fit into an old Volkswagen Beetle, we had a wonderful afternoon. When the heat and humidity…

Lent

Sunday Gospel reflection: God’s love sets the world on fire

Living with Christ Mar 9, 2018 0

Lent is about “spiritual ignition.” If Ash Wednesday signals that the fire of charity has cooled down, then Lent strikes flint against rock for the hope of a spark in the heart. This great season invites us to step back and examine our…

Lent

Sunday Gospel reflection: Remember Jesus’ story

Living with Christ Mar 2, 2018 0

Lent is a time when we simplify our lives so we can focus on how we live out our faith. Liturgically, we journey with Jesus, whose mission we continue in our time and place, so we can see our lives in light of his. And we recognize that our…

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