Fourth Sunday of Lent – B From the beginning of this Lenten cycle of readings, we have heard a consistent message: faith in Jesus will convict us. Set against the Gospels we have heard this Lent, faith can no longer … Read More
Third Sunday of Lent – B The temple cleansing is found in all four Gospels. However, John puts this scene right after Jesus’s miracle at Cana at the start of his ministry. In the synoptics, it takes place at the … Read More
Second Sunday of Lent – B The Transfiguration scene midway through Mark’s Gospel is the climactic crossroads where we must choose between staying in Galilee or going with Jesus to death in Jerusalem. In the previous chapter, Peter recognized Jesus’s … Read More
First Sunday of Lent – B We can get overly focused on individual sin and personal salvation during Lent. Yet one of the biggest lessons learned from last year’s Lent is that our well-being is intimately tied to the well-being … Read More
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 14 February 2021 Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46. Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11. 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1. Mark 1:40-45. Making Clean. Jesus was not afraid to touch the untouchable leper today. Jesus was unafraid to be cleaning and … Read More
6th Sunday Ordinary Time This last Sunday before Lent ends the section of Mark’s Gospel in which Jesus’s healing ministry will soon take a turn. Instead of joining the crowd’s amazement in his curing of the sick, the scribes in … Read More
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 07 February 2021 Job 7:1-4, 6-7. Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6. 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23. Mark 1:29-39. Pursuing Jesus. After curing Simon’s mother-in-law, Jesus, standing at the door, is teaching, healing, and casting out demons. … Read More
The Presentation of the Lord, Feast – Monday, 02 February 2021 Malachi 3:1-4. Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10. Hebrews 2:14-18. Luke 2:22-40. Waiting for That Day. In the simple act of bringing the eight-day old Jesus to the temple, Mary … Read More
5th Sunday Ordinary Time Today’s set of readings, including the psalm, gives us an opportunity to explore the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. (The World Day of the Sick, February 11 each year, occurs later this week also.) … Read More
