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 […]

Gospel for August 8 2021 – John 6:41-51 Gospel Reflections for August 8 2021 Receive the Body of Christ This is the last of several Gospels in a row about the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive at Mass.  Jesus is making His case over and over again that this is […]

Gospel for August 1 2021 – John 6:24-35 Gospel Reflections for August 1 2021 You are what you eat. Nutritionists have been making that claim for some time.  The food you eat every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and unfortunately all those snacks too) become part of your body. If you eat well, you […]