Gospel Reflections for April 19 2020 Only Jesus can enter a locked room. The disciples are hiding in fear of the same people who crucified Jesus. In that ancient and cruel time, if a leader was convicted and executed, so were all of his followers. No wonder they huddled in a locked room. Now they […]

Gospel Reflections for April 12 2020 Contagion vs. Cure Almost all of the news you hear today about the Covid-19 event is about contagion, and how easily the virus can spread from one person to another. That is why you have practiced all these restrictions. You stay in place, keep your space, wash your hands, […]

Gospel Reflections for April 5 2020 Follow me! On this Palm Sunday we normally receive palms to wave as the people in the Gospel waved palms and celebrated the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem. Not so for this Covid-19 year.  You must celebrate this event not as a parish community gathered together but staying in […]

Gospel Reflections for March 29 2020 Your COVID-19 Lenten Journey We come to the last Sunday of Lent but our Covid-19 journey continues, a journey no one asked to take. Yet, Jesus did not ask for His Way of the Cross either. How can His Lenten Gospels guide you now? FIRST SUNDAY: Jesus is tempted […]

Gospel Reflections for March 22 2020 Open your eyes!  We see clearly right now that we are a church without the Mass.  That is a hard …but necessary event to accept for what we hope is only short term. The Mass is the main event where you see the unconditional love of Jesus poured out […]