DOCILE OR NOT? – One Bread, One Body, Jun 8, 2014
Pentecost Acts 2:1-11 | 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 | Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34 | John 20:19-23 “Then He breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ ” —John 20:22 Most of us reading this reflection are baptized and confirmed Catholics. We went to Mass today and possibly have been praying the Pentecost novena for the past nine days in imitation of the very first Novena ever prayed (see Acts 1:4; 2:1).
September 12, 2010 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Seeking the Lost By Dr. Scott Hahn Readings (click here): Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 The episode in today’s First Reading has been called “Israel’s original sin.” Freed from bondage, born as a people of God in the covenant at Sinai, Israel turned aside from His ways, […]
August 29, 2010 – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
To Go Up Higher By Dr. Scott Hahn Readings (click here): Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 Psalm 68:4-7,10-11 Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 Luke 14:1, 7-14 We come to the wedding banquet of heaven by way of humility and charity. This is the fatherly instruction we hear in today’s First Reading, and the message of today’s Gospel. Jesus […]