GOSPEL REFLECTIONS

DECEMBER 7, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In this week's Gospel, we see John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, preparing the way for Jesus’ Messianic mission. He calls all people...

NOVEMBER 30, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s gospel, on the first Sunday of Advent, Jesus speaks rather dramatically. His words are not characterized by empty rhetoric, however. Today he...

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...