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Lent

Good Friday Gospel reflection: We are forgiven!

Living with Christ Mar 29, 2024 0

“Then handed him over to them to be crucified” (John 19:16). There are at least a thousand lessons to be learned at Calvary, and then there are the mysteries beyond these lessons, which bring us to the shores of an endless sea. But in…

Lent

Ash Wednesday Gospel reflection: Jesus is our model of compassion

Living with Christ Feb 14, 2024 0

In the Gospel today, Jesus poses an unusual challenge as we begin the season of Lent. We are called to consider why we pray, fast, and give our time and money to those in need. Addressing this demands a radical degree of honesty with…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

All Saints’ Day Gospel reflection: Living the Beatitudes

Living with Christ Nov 1, 2023 0

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). Sainthood can be easily dismissed as an impossible lifestyle far beyond our reach. After all, most of us do not wear sackcloth, pray 10 hours a day, start…

Lent

Ash Wednesday Gospel reflection: An outward sign of our faith

Living with Christ Feb 22, 2023 0

A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit. (Psalm 51:12) Ash Wednesday, in all its solemnity and reverence, is one of my favorite religious days. I love the humble act of repentance, the cross formed by ashes…

Faith

Finding God in his Creation

Living with Christ Jun 24, 2021 0

Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever. (Daniel 3:56) During my childhood, we lived in the countryside in a house set on top of a hill. Sometimes in the middle of the night, my father would shake us…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Holy Thursday Gospel reflection: An apron is a holy thing

Living with Christ Apr 9, 2020 0

He took a towel and tied it around his waist. (John 13:4) After my mother died we divvied up her things. One thing I wanted badly was one of her aprons. You know the kind: large bib, long strings, and at least one pocket. Now every time I…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Jesus wants us at his side

Living with Christ Apr 8, 2020 0

‘Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.' Then Judas,  his betrayer, said in reply, ‘Surely it is not I, Rabbi?’ (Matthew 26:24-25). Two awed apostles, two different…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Trusting God in painful times

Living with Christ Apr 7, 2020 0

‘What you are going to do, do quickly.’ (John 13:27) Humans instinctively seek to preserve their lives. We marvel and give honors to persons who put their life in jeopardy to save another. Jesus steps out of the very human pattern of…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Give God your love

Living with Christ Apr 6, 2020 0

Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. (John 12:3) Many years ago, I remember passing a florist shop and thinking, “Wouldn’t it be great to give…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: God’s loving protection

Living with Christ Apr 4, 2020 0

I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. I will multiply them and put my sanctuary among them forever. (Ezekiel 37:26) On the floor at the rear of a church in San Salvador is a plaque…

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