Gospel Reflections for April 26 2020 Jesus will physically arrive in your life soon The Gospel describes a time after the Resurrection when Jesus appears to two disciples leaving Jerusalem who had earlier seen His crucifixion. They are deeply disillusioned. Their hope that Jesus would remove the hated Roman Empire also died on that cross. […]

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 […]