Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12:20-33. This series appears each Wednesday. The hour has come… Father, glorify your name. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Second Chronicles 36:14-17, 19-2; Psalms 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21. This series appears each Wednesday. The Heart of the Gospel As the camera pans the crowd at a football game, you see a few fans holding [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Exodus 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 1; Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11; First Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25. This series appears each Wednesday. Fresh and New When it started, all was fresh and new. An unnamed but mighty God freed a [...]
In those parishes where the Scrutinies are celebrated for the Elect, the readings on the Third Sunday of Lent will be taken from Year A. That will include the account of the Samaritan Woman at the Well in the Gospel of John (John 4:5-42). This is a special edition of our weekly reflections on the [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Genesis 22:1-2, 9, 10-13, 15-18; Psalms 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19; Romans 8:31-34; Mark 9:2-10. This series appears each Wednesday. Everyone knows that Lent is about sacrifice. So it’s fitting that the first reading in the second Sunday of Lent [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Genesis 9:8-15; Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; First Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15. This series appears each Wednesday. In today’s fuzzy moral landscape, it is quite unpopular to even speak of sin, never mind condemn it. It’s even more politically incorrect [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24-25; Psalms 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14; Second Corinthians 1:18-22; Mark 2:1-12. This series appears each Wednesday. Sometimes we act as if sins are just black marks against us in God’s ledger, debits against our rewards account. [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11; First Corinthians 10:31–11:1; Mark 1:40-45. This series appears each Wednesday. Many Catholics are confused about suffering. Some writers extol its surpassing value. But does that mean that we should look for [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Job 7:1-4, 6-7; Psalms 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; First Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39. This series appears each Wednesday. The Bible is not just for churches and synagogues. Portions of it are read as literature, even in secular university [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9; First Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28. This series appears each Wednesday. I’ve read many term papers in my day. Most of them are no more than a patchwork of quotes. That’s because college [...]
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St. Benedict for Beginners – The Third Step to Humility
This is the ninth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Third Step to Humility ‘The third step of humility is that for the love of God a man should be obedient to his superior in all things.’ Obedience? What a sign of scandal in an individualistic age! The whole [...]
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