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Forgiving our Great Affront

Forgiving our Great Affront

March 18, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BOne Comment

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent: Exodus 32:7-14, John 5:31-47. Today’s readings pull no punches in shining a light on our inability to recognize God and remain faithful to Him. But they also show us that God’s overwhelming love, mercy, and forgiveness wipe away this great affront. This is …

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Consubstantial yet a Different Person

Consubstantial yet a Different Person

March 17, 2021 NT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent: Isaiah 49:8-15, John 5:17-30. There’s a lot going on at my house today as we prepare to replace our flooring, so I apologize for the short reflection. I’d just like to think about the moment in the gospel reading when Jesus speaks of …

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From Temple to Living Water

From Temple to Living Water

March 16, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Lent: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12, John 5:1-16. It’s been over a year since we could attend Mass in our churches in a normal fashion. The exact experience differs from town to town, church to church. For some people, this has been quite upsetting while for …

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New Heavens and a New Earth

New Heavens and a New Earth

March 15, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent: Isaiah 65:17-21, John 4:43-54. Yesterday we leapt forward, pushing our clocks ahead an hour as we transitioned into Daylight Savings Time. My wife spent her life getting up early to swim (around 5 am!) and so this transition always bothered her because just …

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Lifted Like the Serpent

Lifted Like the Serpent

March 14, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Sunday of the Fourth week in Lent: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23, Ephesians 2:4-10, John 3:14-21. In today’s gospel reading, Jesus has a memorable meeting with Nicodemus, a powerful Jewish leader on the Sanhedrin, a faithful Jew, and eventually a full disciple of Jesus who comes with myrrh and aloes along …

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The Jesus Prayer

The Jesus Prayer

March 13, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Saturday in the Third Week of Lent: Hosea 6:1-6, Luke 18: 9-14. Today’s readings seem to be about us — about our fidelity and about how we pray. But just under the surface, they reveal themselves to be all about Jesus Christ, body and soul, as befits prayer itself. Reflecting …

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Internal Transformation

Internal Transformation

March 12, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Friday of the Third Week in Lent: Hosea 14:2-10, Mark 12:28-34. Today we hear Jesus affirm the greatest commandment to love God first and then your neighbor. The short exchange with the scribe after His answer seems at first glance either to be unnecessary or to elevate the scribe as …

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The Scattered People

The Scattered People

March 11, 2021 NT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Thursday of the Third Week in Lent: Jeremiah 7:23-28, Luke 11:14-23. In today’s readings, we hear a lament from Jeremiah about the faithlessness of the Jewish people coupled with a gospel reading where Jesus’s exorcism of demons is met with skepticism. I am struck by a few things: the reluctance …

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Forgiveness is Mercy in Action

Forgiveness is Mercy in Action

March 9, 2021 NT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

 Tuesday of the Third Week in Lent: Daniel 3:25, 34-43, Matthew18:21-35. Today’s readings slide from Azariah’s beautiful placement of his fate in God’s hands to the damning of the unmerciful servant in the gospel. If ever there was a day to consider the term fear of God, this is it. …

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The Unexpectedly Common

The Unexpectedly Common

March 8, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Monday of the Third Week of Lent: 2 Kings 5:1-15ab, Luke 4:24-30. You’ve likely heard the adage that God works in mysterious ways. Today’s readings put a finer point on this: God ways are mysterious because they paradoxically appear to be common. Another way to say this is that God …

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