Reflections on the Gospel

June 18, 2023: A Reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Matthew 9:36-10:8 … so ask the master of the harvest to

June 11, 2023: A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Yr A John 6:51-58 …and the bread that I will

May 21, 2023: A Reflection on the Feast of the Ascension, Yr A Matthew 28:16-20 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations… teaching them

February 26, 2023: A Reflection for the Beginning of Lent Nourishment. Could we say that for St. Benedict providing proper nourishment for his monks was

January 29, 2023: A Reflection for the 4th Sunday in O.T., Yr A The Beatitudes Matthew 5:1-12a Over the centuries and down to the present

January 22, 2023: A reflection for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Matthew 4:12-23 The people who sit in darkness have seen a

“The Gift comes…” So we hear in a hymn from St. Ephraim. The Gift, still wrapped in the precious humanity of his mother, will soon be

So far, we have spoken of fire coming down from the Bright Morning star to the earth and of our First Advent Candle holding that

Last week we spoke of fire leaping down from the Bright Morning star to Mary and of our First Advent Candle holding that fire in

Stand tall, O Candle.  You are an image of our advent waiting. Receive this tiny flame into your heart, and let it transform you into