January 27, 2019 — Third Sunday in Ordinary Time NEH 8: 2-4A, 5-6, 8-10; PS 19: 8-10, 15; 1 COR 12:12-30 or 1 COR 12:12-14, 27; LK 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 Today’s Second Reading, from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, picks up where we left off last week and continues with a similar […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection: January 27, 2019
January 27, 2019 — Third Sunday in Ordinary Time NEH 8: 2-4A, 5-6, 8-10; PS 19: 8-10, 15; 1 COR 12:12-30 or 1 COR 12:12-14, 27; LK 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 In St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, it states “If they were all one part, where would the body be? But as it is there […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection: December 2, 2018
December 2, 2018 — First Sunday of Advent JER 33: 14-16; PS 25:4-5,8-9,10,14; 1THES 3:12-4:2; LK 21:25-28, 34-36 We have arrived at the powerful season of Advent, a season to prepare with awe and wonder for the Feast of the Incarnation of Jesus — born to us as Savior and Brother. It is a season […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection: August 12, 2018
August 12, 2018 — Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34:2-9; Eph 4:30-5:2; Jn 6: 41-51 “This is enough, O Lord! Take my life.” Talk about a bad day! Haven’t we all been through this at some point in our stewardship journey, whether in the parish ministry work we are trying to […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: April 15, 2018
April 15, 2018 — Third Sunday of Easter ACTS 3: 13-15, 17-19; PS 4: 2, 4-9; 1 JN 2: 1-5A; LK 24: 35-48 In today’s Gospel from St. Luke, we hear the story of the two disciples walking to Emmaus. Note that the distance from Jerusalem to Emmaus was approximately eight miles. Two men, walking […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: August 21, 2016
August 21, 2016 — Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time IS 66: 18-21; PS 117: 1-2; HEB 12: 5-7, 11-13; LK 13: 22-30 Today’s readings remind us that Jesus is our Savior in no uncertain terms. His sacrifice for us is our saving grace. This is a fact we need to dwell on each and every […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016 — Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time JER 38: 4-6, 8-10; PS 40: 2-4, 18; HEB 12: 1-4; LK 12: 49-53 In today’s Gospel from the Book of Luke Jesus says, “I have come to set the earth on fire…” That sounds somewhat foreboding, but we must consider it in light of what […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: July 31, 2016
July 31, 2016 — Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecc 1: 2; 2; 21-23; Ps 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17; Col 3; 1-5, 9-11; Lk 12: 13-21 If we attempt to ascribe a theme to the readings each week, this week’s theme may well be to focus on what is important in life. Actually, that is […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: November 1, 2015
November 1, 2015 — Solemnity of All Saints Rv 7: 2-4, 9-14; Ps 24: 1-6; 1 Jn 3: 1-3; Mt 5: 1-12A On this First Day of November, as we as Catholics have done for centuries, we honor All Saints, both known and unknown. Under the Roman Emperor Diocletian, so many Christians were martyred and […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: August 16, 2015
August 16, 2015 — Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Prv 9: 1-6; Ps 34: 2-7; Eph 5: 15-20; Jn 6: 51-58 References to food and drink are abundant in the readings for this Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. They are nonetheless largely symbolic of something greater — that is, wisdom and understanding. There is knowledge, […]
