Scripture Reflection for Nov. 9, 2025, Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17 Jn 2:13-22 Happy Church Day! As feast days go, this Sunday is one of the more unusual ones on the church calendar. We don't commemorate ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 26, 2025, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18 Lk 18:9-14 Over the last several weeks, as St. Luke's Gospel has unfolded in our Sunday readings, some of us may have been reminded ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 12, 2025, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Kgs 5:14-17 Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 2 Tm 2:8-13 Lk 17:11-19 A writer once said that the two most popular prayers on earth are "Help, help, help!" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I won't disagree. ...
Scripture Reflection for Sep. 28, 2025, Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 1 Tm 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31 Have you seen Lazarus lately? If we think "Well, no, not really," maybe we need to think again. The profoundly important message ...
Scripture Reflection for Sep. 14, 2025, feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Nm 21:4b-9 Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38 Phil 2:6-11 Jn 3:13-17 A lot of us hear this every year during Holy Week: "Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim, 'til all the world adore His ...
Scripture Reflection for Aug. 31, 2025, Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a Lk 14:1, 7-14 This Sunday, we get a cautionary reminder: It's not all about us. The Gospel presents us once more with a central ...
Scripture Reflection for Aug. 17, 2025, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18 Heb 12:1-4 Lk 12:49-53 Wait. Did Jesus really say that? The Gospel we hear this weekend arrives with a jolt, as we hear Jesus telling his followers something ...
Scripture Reflection for Aug. 3, 2025, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23 Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17 Col 3:1-5, 9-11 Lk 12:13-21 Is your barn big enough? This Sunday's scripture is about wanting more -- and how all too often we think we need ...
