Gospel for November 20 2022 – Luke 23: 35-43 Gospel Reflections for November 20 2022 Get me the Manager! You might hear that a lot now as the Christmas shopping season starts.  Tensions can escalate in crowded stores and sometimes impatient customers want help from the boss. I once saw a customer angrily do this, […]

Gospel for November 13 2022 – Luke 21: 5-19 Gospel Reflections for November 13 2022 End of the world near?  The Gospel lists frightening events such as wars, earthquakes, and plagues as signs of the end of the world.  TV preachers often use this same list to scare people, and even politicians predict disaster if […]

Gospel for November 6 2022 – Luke 20:27-38 Gospel Reflections for November 6 2022 Who takes care of the family? The succession of marriages in today’s Gospel might sound strange, but doing everything possible to take care of a family that suffered a loss was as essential in ancient days just as it is now. […]

Gospel for October 30 2022 – Luke 19:1-10 Gospel Reflections for October 30 2022 Trick or Treat? Zacchaeus is the Jewish Tax Collector for the Romans …and despised by everyone.  The Romans did not actually pay salaries to Jews like Zacchaeus who collected their taxes. He made a living by over-charging his fellow Jews and […]

Gospel for October 23 2022 – Luke 18:9-14 Gospel Reflections for October 23 2022 That first look in the mirror You get up in the morning, and then see your face in the bathroom mirror. What is that like? You are without your work clothes, or makeup, or even much awake. Like most of us, […]