Gospel Meditation
True Disciples of Jesus | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The Pharisees and scribes questioned him, “Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat…
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Gospel Meditation
The God of Choices | 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come…
Gospel Meditation
Believing and Rejoicing | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary One of the most poignant moments in John’s Gospel comes from the meeting between Jesus and Thomas the Apostle…
Gospel Meditation
Drawn by the Father | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him.” How has God drawn you to…
Gospel Meditation
A Longing for Fulfillment | 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes…
Gospel Meditation
Blessed Interruptions | 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Dr. Scott Kurtzman, chief of surgery at Waterbury Hospital, was on his way to deliver an 8:00 a.m. lecture when he witnessed…
Gospel Meditation
A Possession on a Journey | 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time “He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick— no food, no sack, no money…
Gospel Meditation
Bringing Glad Tidings with an Open Heart | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Could you be described as “hard of face and obstinate of heart” (Ezekiel 2:4), particularly in matters…
Gospel Meditation
I Say to You, Arise! | 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time As Jesus said to Jairus, the synagogue official in today’s Gospel, he also says to us: “Do not be…
Waking God
A show of hands, ladies and gentlemen. Have any of you been given the silent treatment and had absolutely no idea why? On the flipside, have any of you have…