Category: Reflections

SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING (2025) Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Psalms 122:1-5 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43 We come to the end of a liturgical year which shares with us the portrait of a King that eight million people do not have to protest.  Indeed, today’s solemnity reminds us of the only King that truly matters, and… Continue reading SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING (2025)

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings Malachi 3:19-20 Psalms 98:5-9 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19 As the Church’s liturgical year winds down the readings turn our attention to the “end times,” the time of our Lord’s second coming.  In two week’s time the Church will begin the great season of Advent, and the themes of… Continue reading THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalms 121:1-8 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8 Like the Israelites in our first reading, and the widow in today’s Gospel, we face opposition and injustice—at times from godless and pitiless adversaries.  We, too, must lift our eyes to the mountains—to Calvary and the God who will… Continue reading TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 Our first reading is from the prophet Habakkuk, a prophet separated from the last two Sunday’s prophet Micah, by about one-hundred years.  The Old Testament prophets are all an integral part of what it means to be… Continue reading TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)

 TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Amos 6:1A, 4-7 Psalms 146:7-10 First Letter of Paul to Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31 Today’s liturgy follows closely on the heels of last weekend’s Mass, repeating some of the same themes, but in a slightly more interesting way.  Remember, last Sunday the gospel ended with Jesus reminding His… Continue reading TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)

FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS (2025) Readings: Numbers 21:4b-9 Psalms 78:1bc-2, 34-38 Philippians 2:6-11 John 3:13-17 The most endearing and likable portraits of Jesus, I feel most would agree, are those we see at Christmas - an innocent child, wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.  It is peaceful and serene,… Continue reading FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS (2025)