Gen 2: 7-9; 3: 1-7; Romanos 5: 12-19; Mt 4: 1-11 Los vemos todos los años el tercer domingo de Cuaresma (Ciclo A). Volvemos a ver a Jesús, sentado en el pozo, cansado y sediento de caminar. Otra vez se acerca la mujer samaritana . Conocemos a estos dos. ¿Qué más podemos aprender de ellos […]
Gen 15:5-12,17-18; Phil 3:17-4:1; Luke9:28-36 The Collect prayer at the opening of today’s Mass speaks of “spiritual eyes made pure.” What’s that? I’ll tell you! Who of us has not had the experience of standing in awe under a night sky? By the way, I noticed when I moved to Harrodsburg last August that there […]
Is 6:1-2, 3-8; 1 Cor: 15:1-11; Luke 5: 1-11 Jesus was a carpenter, not a fisherman. He wasn’t supposed to know where the fish were. His power is beyond the natural. In this gospel account, Jesus is present in the lives of these people who are needy. Luke says the people are straining to listen […]
Neh 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4;4:14-21 In this passage from Luke, Jesus is still at the beginning of his public life. He comes home to Nazareth. He makes his debut in the hometown synagogue where he prayed as a boy. He has a mission, His father’s business, to do as we saw […]
Neh 8:2-4, 5-6,8-10; 1 Corintios 12:12-30; Lucas 1:1-4;4:14-21 En este pasaje del Evangelio según San Lucas, Jesús se encuentra a principios de su vida pública. Él vuelve a su casa en Nazaret. Él hace su debut en la sinagoga de su ciudad natal donde rezaba de niño. Él tiene una misión, el trabajo de su […]
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: John 2:1-11 The joy of the Gospel and the Year of Mercy. The great miracles of Christ’s public life began at Cana, a wedding banquet, a party. It is a joyous gospel passage showing God’s mercy. The Name of God is Mercy. In all the gospels, only John recounts this […]
Luke 3: 15-16, 21-22 Jesus gets baptized today. He identifies with us sinners by taking on the baptism of repentance. He foreshadows his crucifixion, dying for our sins. The wood of the manger foretells the wood of the cross. In getting baptized, the one without sin makes the waters holy. He makes the first ‘holy […]
Epiphany Is 60: 1-6; Eph 3: 2-3,5-6; Matt 2: 1-12` The shepherds are the little people. We saw them yesterday, New Year’s Day. The three kings arrive today, the three kings, the magi from afar, from the east, highly educated philosophers from Persia. They are not Jews. But they come, too, paying attention to the […]
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, New Year’s Day Luke 2: 16-21 The shepherds went in haste. They heard, they went and they saw and proclaimed. And Mary pondered: key actions going on in this gospel passage from Luke: hearing, obeying, seeing, pondering and announcing or proclaiming. The shepherds are models […]
Sir 3:2-6,12-14; Col 3:12-21; Luke 2:22, 39-40 The Presentation is an act of dedication or consecration. It begins in infancy and grows through life. Notice that we hear Jesus grew in wisdom, age and grace. Just like us! Scripture scholar Richard Sklba makes the point about growing in our consecration to God as we cooperate. […]