Gospel Reflections for August 6 2017 Recreation, Vacation, Restoration …and Transfiguration! We are deep into the summer now as August begins. I hope for you it is a time of rest and relaxation, and for a lucky few, some vacation time as well. Why do we look forward to vacations so much? Even if we […]

Gospel Reflections for July 30 2017 What do you wish for?  …Choose wisely! In today’s First Reading, God offers Solomon either wealth …or wisdom. What would you choose? Money is a practical resource in your wallet that you can use right away while wisdom simply offers deeper insights in your head. Yet Solomon chooses wisdom. […]

Gospel Reflections for July 23 2017 What kind of world is this? Each week it seems there is a new fierce political battle, dangerous threat from North Korea, or some other dramatic crisis in the world. How would Jesus talk about this? Today’s Gospel presents our troubled world with the image of a field, in […]

Gospel Reflections for July 9 2017 Come to me …and I will give you rest. These comforting words from Jesus in today’s Gospel were very welcome to His disciples. He knew they struggled to live under hundreds of detailed religious regulations, plus the daily grind of harsh Roman military occupation and incredibly high taxes. His […]

Gospel Reflections for July 2 2017 What is this land for? I just returned from leading an annual archaeological tour of the Holy Land (Israel and Jordan) with 86 pilgrims coming from both Whittier and my former parish in Ventura County. While studying the biblical past we also encountered the difficult political present. Land ownership […]