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What the Ascension Tells Us of Glorification and Divinization

What the Ascension Tells Us of Glorification and Divinization

May 24, 2020 NT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

The Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:17-23, Matthew 28:16-20. What an incredible feast we celebrate today. It marks the end of the physical presence of Christ in the world (in this age, at least) as well as the divine mystery of the Trinity that God will unfold in …

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The Advocate Comes to Convict

The Advocate Comes to Convict

May 19, 2020 NT reflection / Year A2 Comments

Tuesday in the Sixth Week of Easter: Acts of the Apostles 16:22-34, John 16:5-11. Today’s readings may seem like standard Easter season fare: miraculous things happen with Paul as he evangelizes throughout the Near East and in the gospel, Jesus talks about His impending death and Resurrection. But we have …

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What is the Lord’s Peace?

What is the Lord’s Peace?

May 12, 2020 NT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Tuesday the Fifth Week of Easter – Acts of the Apostles 14:19-28, John 14:27-31a. In today’s readings, we hear Jesus promise his apostles, “Peace I leave with you,” and yet we hear in the first reading that Paul is stoned and left for dead when bringing Christ to the people …

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Who Are His Sheep?

Who Are His Sheep?

May 5, 2020 NT reflection / Uncategorized / Year AOne Comment

Monday and Tuesday the Fourth Week of Easter – Acts of the Apostles 11:1-26, John: 10:11-18, 22-30. Yesterday’s and today’s readings are in sequence, both the first reading and the gospel. I’d like to think about them together because this provides a fuller look at how the Church first spread …

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The Flesh is the Hinge of Salvation

The Flesh is the Hinge of Salvation

May 1, 2020 NT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Friday the Third Week of Easter: Acts of the Apostles 9:1-20, John 6:52-59. Today’s readings are two incredibly important passages; one describes Saul’s transformation from persecutor to “chosen instrument” of Christ, and the other gives us Christ’s words that insist upon the literal ingestion of his flesh and blood, which …

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Drawn by the Father

Drawn by the Father

April 30, 2020 NT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Thursday in the Third Week of Easter: Acts of the Apostles 8:26-40, John 6:44-51. Today’s readings describe the action by which we find salvation in Jesus Christ, and it starts by being first drawn by the Father. St. John gives us Jesus’s description of this action in the Discourse of …

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The Work of God

The Work of God

April 27, 2020 NT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Monday of the Third Week of Easter: Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15, John 6:22-29. In today’s readings, we encounter two men — filled with the Holy Spirit and dedicated to the Father — in the moments before they speak with great eloquence to those who do not understand or believe. In …

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God’s Ever-Generative Endeavors

God’s Ever-Generative Endeavors

April 24, 2020 NT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Friday of the Second Week of Easter: Acts of the Apostles 5:34-42, John 6:1-15. Today’s readings place two disparate events in context with one another and reveal the ever-generative aspect of God’s reign. In the first reading, a member of the Sanhedrin is inspired to share some wisdom about the …

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