Gospel for September 12 2021 – Mark 8:27-35 Gospel Reflections for September 12 2021 20th Anniversary of 9-11 How do you destroy a powerful institution? The plan of the 9-11 terrorists was to attack what they believed were the three main pillars of the United States; its global business at the World Trade Center, its […]

Gospel for September 5 2021 – Mark 7:31-37 Gospel Reflections for September 5 2021 What happens when you meet Jesus? There are many major crises happening now in war zones around the world and in politics in our own country. Where is Our Lord in all these events? Today’s Gospel reveals His answer. Jesus walks […]

Gospel for August 29 2021 – Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Gospel Reflections for August 29 2021 Your basic checklist Moses has something important for the people to do in the First Reading before they enter the long-awaited land God had promised them (now modern-day Israel). 40 years earlier Moses led them out of Egyptian slavery […]

Gospel for August 22 2021 – John 6: 60-69 Gospel Reflections for August 22 2021 Will you stay or leave? Today is the final week of several Sundays that feature Jesus teaching about the Eucharist. In each week Jesus speaks to large crowds, and yet some still find it hard to accept. But notice today […]

Gospel for August 15 2021 – Luke 1:39-56 Gospel Reflections for August 15 2021 Body and Soul The Feast of the Assumption today affirms that at the end of her life, Mary was “assumed body and soul” into heaven.  “Body and soul” are a puzzling combination of words. They are such different ideas. We also […]