Time for healing
On this fourth Sunday of Lent in 2023, the Gospel reading is the story of the blind man healed by Jesus. And I get to quote Fr. Rahner...
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pjgordonma
Mar 5, 20231 min read
Come, meet someone
Every third year, the third Sunday of Lent, the Gospel reading is the story of the Samaritan Woman, the woman at the well, from the...
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pjgordonma
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Be Transfigured
This Sunday's Gospel, for the 2nd Sunday of Lent 2023, is about the Transfiguration. I skipped blogging last week, for the 1st Sunday of...
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pjgordonma
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Be Merciful
In the Gospel reading for this Sunday (February 19, 2023), Jesus tells his disciples, "So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is...
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pjgordonma
Feb 5, 20231 min read
The Fulfilment of the Law
In Sunday's (Feb. 5, 2023) Gospel reading (Mt 5:17-37), Jesus tells his disciples, "I have come not to abolish [the law] but to fulfill...
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pjgordonma
Jan 29, 20234 min read
Who Are Your Heroes? - The Hero Challenge
In this Sunday's (February 6, 2023) Gospel reading (Matthew 5:13-16), Jesus tells us "You are the light of the world ... Your light must...
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pjgordonma
Jan 22, 20234 min read
Understanding and Praying with the Beatitudes
The Gospel reading this Sunday (January 29, 2023) is the Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 5:3-10). St. Thomas Aquinas wrote a...
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pjgordonma
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Joining Jesus in His Baptism
All four gospels describe the baptism of Jesus. Last year, I did a video reflection about the significance of baptism, as explained by...
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pjgordonma
Jan 1, 20231 min read
How are we like the Magi?
The Gospel for Epiphany Sunday is always the same. I prepared video reflections on this in 2021 and 2022. The links are below. For a...
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pjgordonma
Dec 31, 20222 min read
A Farewell (to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) and a Reflection
As you may have heard on the news by now, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died. So as we bid him farewell, I wanted to share a little bit...
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pjgordonma
Dec 24, 20224 min read
Injecting Divinity into Humanity
The Gospel reading this Christmas Day - from the beginning of the Gospel of John - is a profound statement of what God has done for us:...
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pjgordonma
Dec 11, 20222 min read
A Job for Everyone
Sunday's (December 18, 2022) Gospel reading (Matthew 11), is also the Gospel for the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve. This Gospel passage...
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pjgordonma
Dec 4, 20223 min read
A time to be brave
In Sunday's (December 11, 2022) Gospel reading (Matthew 11), Jesus is talking with his disciples about John the Baptist and says, "Among...
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pjgordonma
Nov 26, 20221 min read
Unworthy
In Sunday's (December 5, 2022) Gospel reading (Matthew 3:1-12), John the Baptist tells the crowd, "One who is coming after me is mightier...
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pjgordonma
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Practice, Practice, Practice
Happy Thanksgiving! I apologize to those who had Beta at MQOA this week, for not completing this reflection in time for your Beta groups...
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pjgordonma
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Who is the King? What (or is it who?) is the Kingdom?
In Sunday's (November 20, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 23:35-43), we see Jesus hanging on the cross, with the inscription "The King of the...
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pjgordonma
Nov 6, 20221 min read
Persecuted for loving others?
In Sunday's (November 13, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 21:5-19), Jesus says that "they will seize and persecute you ... because of my name"...
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pjgordonma
Oct 30, 20222 min read
To God, all are alive
In Sunday's (November 6, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 20:27-38), Jesus explains that "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of...
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pjgordonma
Oct 23, 20222 min read
Staying at the House of Sinners
In Sunday's (October 30, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 19:1-10), a wealthy tax collector named Zacchaeus encounters Jesus. Like Zacchaeus,...
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pjgordonma
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Yeah, don't do that . . .
In Sunday's (October 23, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus tells the disciples a parable, contrasting the prayers of a Pharisee...
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