Gospel Reflections for August 30 2020 Gospel for August 30 2020 – Matt. 16:21-27 You can see the storm coming… This week two powerful storms landed on Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi areas. However, people had seen them coming for weeks and so many took the right steps to prepare their homes and businesses from damage. […]

Gospel for August 23 2020 – Matt. 16:13 Gospel Reflections for August 23 2020 New lessons in leadership Today’s Gospel about Jesus naming Peter as leader is just one of the reasons we have a Pope. At a time when so much attention is focused on political leaders right now, this Gospel offers a different […]

Gospel Reflections for August 16 2020 Wait for the happy ending… Television news today often starts with terrible events. But sometimes what might look horrible at first turns out to have a happy ending, just like in today’s Gospel. The harsh words Jesus speaks to a poor pagan woman at first seem terrible. Yet they […]

Gospel Reflections for August 9 2020 Finding God in a storm… In the first reading, Elijah is an Old Testament prophet who learns that God will speak to him soon. Moments later, there is a mighty windstorm, earthquake, and firestorm.  Sounds like God is talking, right? Those were the usual places that ancient people believed […]

Gospel Reflections for August 2 2020 Bring me what you have… This Gospel begins with a story that could your story today.  Jesus has walked miles into the desert followed by thousands of people. Why is that? They have come to believe that finally there was a person who could answer their deepest questions, heal […]