A Seeking Heart: The Eyes of Your Heart
Editor’s Note: A warm welcome to Allison Gingras as she joins our team of New Evangelizers bloggers! Although I’m not an adventurous person, I am on a quest;…
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Tag: Scripture Reflections
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: The Sunday with a Split Personality
Readings for March 29, 2015: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion We now come to the Sunday with a split personality. It starts with an upbeat gospel recounting…
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Andrea del Sarto [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Readings for March 1, 2015: Second Sunday in Lent Everyone knows that Lent is about sacrifice. So it’s fitting that…
Noah’s Ark and the Baptismal Flood
Readings for February 22, 2015: First Sunday of Lent In today’s fuzzy moral landscape, it is quite unpopular to even speak of sin, never mind condemn it. It’s…
Lessons from the Leper
Readings for February 15, 2015: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Many Catholics are confused about suffering. Some writers extol its surpassing value. But does that mean that we…
Preach It!
Readings for February 8, 2015: Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time The Bible is not just for Churches and Synagogues. Portions of it are read as literature, even in…
Authority over Demons
Readings for February 1, 2015: Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time I’ve read many term papers in my day. Most of them are no more than a patchwork of…
Detachment from the World
Readings for January 25, 2015: Third Sunday of Ordinary Time Peter and Andrew were businessmen. So were their neighbors, James and John. They tried to wring a living…
Called and Consecrated
Readings for January 18, 2015: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time When I was growing up, we were urged to pray for vocations. That meant to pray for more…
The Baptism of the Lord
Readings for January 11, 2015: The Baptism of the Lord At first glance, the scene makes little sense. John’s strident call to repentance provokes an overwhelming response. People…