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...

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...

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...

In the Gospel reading for this Sunday (February 19, 2023), Jesus tells his disciples, "So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is...

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...

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...

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...

All four gospels describe the baptism of Jesus. Last year, I did a video reflection about the significance of baptism, as explained by...

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...

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...

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:...

Sunday's (December 18, 2022) Gospel reading (Matthew 11), is also the Gospel for the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve. This Gospel passage...

In Sunday's (December 11, 2022) Gospel reading (Matthew 11), Jesus is talking with his disciples about John the Baptist and says, "Among...

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...

Happy Thanksgiving! I apologize to those who had Beta at MQOA this week, for not completing this reflection in time for your Beta groups...

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...

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"...

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...

In Sunday's (October 30, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 19:1-10), a wealthy tax collector named Zacchaeus encounters Jesus. Like Zacchaeus,...

In Sunday's (October 23, 2022) Gospel reading (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus tells the disciples a parable, contrasting the prayers of a Pharisee...