Be The Good Soil

- Mark 4 -

Husband and Father

St. Joseph, humble and just one, Guardian of the Holy Family, chosen son. Your faith and obedience shine bright, A beacon of hope, a source of light. Protector of[…]

The Light of the World

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Reading I: Daniel 13:1–9, 15–17, 19–30, 33–62Psalm: 23:1–3a, 3b–4, 5, 6Gospel: John 8:1-11 Today’s first reading is a long and poignant one,[…]

Sacrificial Love

Fifth Sunday of Lent As we reflect on the words of Jesus in John 12:20-33, we are invited to enter more deeply into the mystery of his sacrificial love.[…]

This is the Christ

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent: Reading I: Jeremiah 11:18–20Psalm: 7:2–3, 9bc–10, 11–12Gospel: John 7:40–53 Like so much of John’s Gospel, today’s passage points us to the centrality[…]

The Just Man

Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent Reading I: Wisdom 2:1a, 12–22Psalm: 34:17–18, 19–20, 21, 23Gospel: John 7:1–2, 10, 25–30 Today’s prophetic first reading is an eerie portent of[…]

Bearing Witness to Christ II

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent The group of Jews in today’s Gospel are guilty of using Moses as an excuse to reject Jesus. They hide behind the[…]

The Holy Trinity

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Reading I: Isaiah 49:8–15Psalm: 145:8–9, 13cd–14, 17–18Gospel: John 5:17–30 Today we continue our Gospel readings from John, which will carry us through[…]

Repentance + Forgiveness = Healing

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Reading I: Ezekiel 47:1–9, 12Psalm: 46:2–3, 5–6, 8–9Gospel: John 5:1–16 Do you want to be well? The question that Jesus poses to[…]

Death, a present reality.

Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Reading I: Isaiah 65:17–21Psalm: 30:2, 4, 5–6, 11–12a,13bGospel: John 4:43–54 Deep down, we all know that things are not the way they[…]

The Bronze Serpent

In today’s Gospel reading Jesus refers back to the lifting up of the bronze serpent from the Book of Numbers where the Israelites are wandering in the desert and[…]