Gospel Reflections for September 25 2016 Go, you are sent! These are final words at Mass, when you are sent out to the world, just as Our Lord designed. The early church spoke Latin so they would say Ite (go!) Missa est (You are sent!). Those first Christians named the entire event after the Latin […]

Gospel Reflections for September 11 2016 …there’s something wrong here! Jesus tells three terribly wrong parables in a row in this Gospel about God’s mercy and the reaction of the crowd must have been wild. Yet these three parables of the lost coins, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son are some of the most […]

Gospel Reflections for September 4 2016 Ready for school and… Each school day begins at home long before the school bell rings. There is the morning scramble to assemble all the stuff needed for the day: pencils, pens, notebooks, textbooks, and of course, that pesky homework! All of it goes into a backpack, and at […]

Gospel Reflections for August 28 2016 No charge! Do you ever believe people if they say “No charge” after doing you a favor? Many do not. This Gospel presents one of the hardest things to believe in, that anyone would really give something away for free. Who does that? Do you believe that ever happens? […]

Gospel Reflections for August 21 2016 A Gold Medal for everyone? When American Olympic athletes win Gold Medals we are justifiably proud and happy for their amazing accomplishments. If you actually watch their events, you know just how amazing they are. They certainly deserve their medals and the applause of the crowd. Can you imagine […]