“I say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.” Even though Jeremiah is ridiculed, has become the object…

“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given the Lord anything that he may be repaid?” There…

Sometimes I wonder if the HUMAN Jesus knew everything that was going to happen in His life. Or did some of the situations just occur and become opportunities for Him to teach, heal, etc. Today’s Gospel has Jesus and His disciples traveling in heavy Gentile territory—the cities of Tyre and…

“We’re all in the same boat” I’ve heard people say when talking about the Corona virus. But one person had a much more accurate comment. ”We are all in different boats, but we are in the same storm.” Each of us faces our own fears and worries. Some of us…

In today’s Gospel we are told that when the vast crowd approached Jesus his heart was moved and he cured the sick and that when evening came he told his disciples not to send the people away hungry but to feed them. Jesus certainly gave us an example of how…

The gospel today reminds us that there is a quality to the Kingdom of Heaven which is sometimes hidden from the wise and the wealthy, but shown to the poor and the humble. Jesus tells his disciples “to you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of…

Gospel Reflection If you are interested and willing to share your thoughts on the Gospel passage for the front page of the bulletin, please contact Peg at [email protected]. We write on a rotation basis about once every six weeks. Dates are scheduled well in advance so you have time to…

Jesus taught them saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.” In the gospel for today, there are many lessons, but the parable of the leaven is the one which really helped…

Today’s Gospel marks the beginning of the third long discourse given by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. Over the next few weeks, the Gospel readings will consist of the entire 13th Chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, a lengthy teaching discourse. Throughout this discourse, Jesus will offer several parables to illustrate…

“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones”: As I studied and reflected on the Gospel presented to us this week I discovered that in the scripture…