30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 27, 2024
It is hard to admit that we have strayed from God, hard to believe that He still loves us and calls us back. Sometimes the hardest part, however, can be actually finding our way back.
Bonus Reflection 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus tells us that we were made to continue his mission of solidarity, to be fully with the people and the world that God has given us, and to serve rather than be served.
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 20, 2024
Over the last few weeks, we have been invited to learn more about discipleship from Mark’s gospel. Jesus often teaches using paradoxes (seeming contradictions)…
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 13, 2024
The call to follow Jesus is radical, and it demands a heart freed from the distractions of wealth and worldly success, focused instead on eternal life and the Kingdom of God.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 6, 2024
Our readings today, on the covenant, call us to renew and deepen that covenant daily, just as all couples married in Christ are called to renew and deepen their covenant daily.
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 29, 2024
We may not be responsible for any of these problems. But we have an obligation to open our eyes to see the marginalized in our society, and open our hearts to do something about it.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 22, 2024
How often at the end of the day, when we recall significant events, is the focus on ourselves, what we accomplished? What must we do daily to be “the servant of all”?
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 15, 2024
The gospel today provides a particular way that we might unite ourselves to Christ; it is to deny ourselves, to take up our cross, and follow him…
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 8, 2024
We can all ‘hear’, perhaps some better than others, but our challenge is to listen. To us, Jesus also says “Be opened!” He has a message for us – a vital message – but sometimes we are not listening.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 1, 2024
Perhaps this week we could all pause and examine our relationship to God’s laws and maybe — like the Israelites — give God thanks for loving us so much that we are shown how to be the best we can be.