First Sunday of Lent: Luke 4:1-13 ‘Know yourself!’ is an ancient piece of Greek wisdom. Do I know myself and my temptations? Am I a perfectionist, or lazy? Do I desire to get noticed and praised? Am I hoarding the…

The 8th Sunday: Luke 6:39-45 God sees the heart and always will. We may put on a great show of words and actions, but it is what is at the root of these that is so visible to God. Focusing…

The 7th Sunday: Luke 6:27-38 The words of Jesus today are particularly challenging and difficult for us. Although we may be very familiar with these phrases, trying to live them, may feel impossible for most of us, most of the…

The 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 6:17, 20-26 “The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.” -Saint John Chrysostom From Bishop Robert Barron:…

The 5th Sunday: Luke 5:1-11 It’s a very homely scene to picture Jesus sitting in the boat and talking to the people. They must have been very taken by his words and message, and felt at ease listening to him.…

The 4th Sunday: Luke 4:21-30 Hearing Jesus’ words about the poor reception of prophets by their own people, the people were worked up into a blind rage and hatred. They wanted to push Jesus off the cliff on which their…

The 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 1:1-4 4:14-21 Jesus stood up to read from the prophet Isaiah. It was a passage about the coming Messiah. Here he is announcing himself as the Messiah as he applies the words to…

The Wedding Feast at Cana: John 2:1-11 Mary is here at the feast. It was through her sensitive awareness that Jesus came to know about the bridegroom’s predicament. In this story, she is not only the mother of Jesus; she…

The Baptism of the Lord: Luke 3:15-22 The seriousness of baptism is made clear by the metaphor of the threshing floor. It is a discriminating rite. It is not an act that one may undergo lightly, but is linked to…

The Feast of the Epiphany They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed…

A Christmas Reflection for today: John 1:1-18 This magnificent passage provides a powerful opening to this gospel. It lays out the main themes of John’s gospel – life, light, truth, the world, testimony and the pre-existence of Jesus Christ. He…

The 4th Sunday of Advent: Luke 1:39-45 Today we hear the account of the Visitation of Mary to her relative, Elizabeth. This event anticipates the birth of Jesus. Mary’s journey to Elizabeth immediately followed the Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel…