Readings: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; 1Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 Reflection by Sr Mary Ann Brunett It’s halfway through Lent and in the Psalm response we hear that “the Lord is kind and merciful.” What a wonderful reminder during this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Right about now we may need to be nudged a bit about keeping our Lenten resolutions! Today’s… read more →
Readings: Genesis 15: 5-12, 17-18; Philipians 3:17—4:1; Luke 9: 28b-36 I’ve often understood this Transfiguration reading as something of a trailer for an upcoming epic film. Jesus, I saw, was sharing coming attractions with his dear friends Peter, James and John. He was showing them the bright, resurrected future that awaited them. He includes the three apostles in an elite… read more →
Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 Last Wednesday we began the Lenten Season of 2016 in a world teaming with the intertwinement of very serious problems—terrorism, poverty, drug addiction, sexual abuse, faltering economies, racism; and the list goes on and on. So much in the world around us appears hopeless and it becomes easy for us to give in… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8; 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Isaiah’s vision of God’s splendor comes with a stunning awareness of his own and his people’s failings followed by such an experience of forgiveness and love that he immediately gives his life over to God. He is driven to bring the Israelites back to their ever-faithful God. In forgetting their… read more →