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The Heavenly Womb

The Heavenly Womb

December 19, 2021 NT reflection / Year CLeave a comment

The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C: Micah 5:1-4a, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-45. Today’s readings present us with a familiar scene, the kindly image of pregnant Elizabeth greeting pregnant Mary. This is the Visitation of Mary. Mary travels to the hill country, she “enters the house of Zachariah,” the women …

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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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Hung Up on Our Notions of Jesus the Man

Hung Up on Our Notions of Jesus the Man

March 27, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22, John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30. I don’t know about you, but I get a clear sense of inertia drawing us towards the Passion and Holy Week in today’s readings. I’ve always found the rejection Jesus experiences in St. John’s gospel to …

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