GOSPEL REFLECTIONS

NOVEMBER 23, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Looking for some inspiration as I tried to write about today’s solemnity of Christ the King, I came upon the first encyclical of Pope...

NOVEMBER 16, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

One of my favorite music videos is of the song Hurt by Johnny Cash. Filmed just a few months before his death, Cash seems...

NOVEMBER 9, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Today is the feast of the dedication of St. John Lateran which is the Basilica in Rome where the Cathedral seat for the Bishop...

NOVEMBER 2, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says that it is the Father’s will that he “not lose anything of what he gave me.” Jesus never fails...

OCTOBER 26, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Jesus addresses his parable in the Gospel today to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. To be blunt,...

OCTOBER 19, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In any great story, the meaning of what happens at the beginning of the story is only fully revealed at the end of the...

OCTOBER 12, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s gospel, we hear the parable of ten lepers who cry out to Jesus and ask Him to heal them. Jesus does not...

OCTOBER 5, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s Gospel, within the context of a discussion about faith, Our Lord explains what the dynamics of charity (i.e., supernatural love) look like...

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In his general audience on September 24, 2025, Pope Leo XIV made a very simple appeal. At the end of his catechesis, he simply...