Gospel Reflections for February 22, 2015 The Academy Awards are famous for that dramatic pause just before the envelope is opened announcing the winner. The 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vote on the winners in each category, but who knows why they vote this way or that? It is […]

Gospel Reflections for February 15 2015 Jesus performs an amazing healing in today’s Gospel. A sick man walks away healed and happy. The mission of Jesus is to do just that, to make people happy in the deepest way possible. When people saw that happen, they ran to Him! When He builds a good event […]

Gospel Reflections for February 8 2015 That word got out fast when Jesus cured Peter’s mother-in-law of her illness. Soon the entire town was outside His door! I would have gone myself if I needed healing. Why not! Jesus spends the whole day curing people, which made them all very happy. But then He leaves […]

Gospel Reflections for February 1 2015 At Mass you will hear the voice of God …and during the game you will hear the “voice” of the most brilliantly researched and effectively crafted commercials of the year. What’s the difference? The Super Bowl attracts an immense audience. People who never watch football will tune in. Advertisers […]

Gospel Reflections for January 25 2015 The first reading recalls God sending Jonah to the very bad city of Nineveh, a city in what is now present day Iraq. In previous verses God outlines just how terribly bad the Ninevites were, and sends Jonah to convert them, which he does amazingly fast. The Ninevites accept […]