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The Limits of Language

The Limits of Language

March 23, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year B2 Comments

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Numbers 21:4-9, John 8:21-30. For me, today’s readings expose the limits of language to convey God’s plan. More than language, really, it’s a limit to our very capacity to understand. The reason we call these things the mysteries of our faith is not …

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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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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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Bridging Salvation History with a Serpent

Bridging Salvation History with a Serpent

March 31, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year AOne Comment

Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent: Numbers 21:4-9, John 8:21-30. Today’s readings present us with a seminal scene from the Old Testament that bridges the entire span of salvation history from the Garden of Eden to Christ’s Paschal Sacrifice on the Cross. In the gospel, Jesus speaks of himself …

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Our Vocation to Teach the Word of God

Our Vocation to Teach the Word of God

March 18, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year AOne Comment

Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9, Matthew 5:17-19. Today’s readings show Moses and the new Moses (Christ) discussing God’s law and urging their listeners to not only obey it but teach it to future generations. Jesus’s words occur during the Sermon on the Mount when he …

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