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The Dense Life

The Dense Life

March 24, 2021 NT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95, John 8:31-42. Ah, freedom, a major aspect of today’s gospel reading. Who knows more about freedom than the American (so we tell ourselves)? There was an article in one of our local news outlets, the Deseret News, just before …

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Lust and Justice

Lust and Justice

March 22, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62, John 8:1-11. Wow, what a first reading today – 1,079 words! I’m guessing, but I think it’s the longest one outside of Easter Vigil. Thankfully, it reads like the script for a telenovela, so there’s a certain pacing …

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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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Worm of the Soul

Worm of the Soul

March 3, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent: Jeremiah 18:18-20, Matthew 20:17-28. Today’s readings show the ugliness of jealousy, which St. Cyprian of Carthage calls “the root of all evil.” After examining the readings, I’d like to reflect on St. Cyprian’s Treatise on Jealousy and Envy, which offers some sharp insights. …

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The Flipside of Feeling Bad

The Flipside of Feeling Bad

March 1, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Monday of the Second Week in Lent: Daniel 9:4b-10, Luke 6:36-38. Today’s readings present us with two sides of the Christian coin: sin and forgiveness. One side is ugly and tarnished; when we look at it in the full light of day, we are humiliated by what it reveals about …

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Pray for your Persecutors

Pray for your Persecutors

February 27, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Saturday in the First Week of Lent: Deuteronomy 26:16-19, Matthew 5:43-48. Today’s readings spell out our compact with God in a nutshell. He will make us sacred and all He asks in return is that we love unconditionally. We will ponder today how difficult it is to love those who …

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The Problem with Little Sins

The Problem with Little Sins

February 26, 2021 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Friday in the First Week of Lent: Ezekiel 18:21-28, Matthew 5:20-26. Most of us understand when something is evil because that word conjures the sense of serious moral wrong. Murder, for instance, is clearly evil, and hopefully we feel the same about stealing, cheating, and adultery. When we get to …

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Courage and Cowardice

Courage and Cowardice

April 8, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year AOne Comment

Wednesday of Holy Week: Isaiah 50:4-9a, Matthew 26:14-25. Today’s gospel focuses on Judas’s betrayal, much like yesterday’s reading. Coupled with the first reading from Isaiah, we get a clear look at what it means to live in the light compared to living in darkness.  Today’s first reading is from a …

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Every Knee Should Bend

Every Knee Should Bend

April 5, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year ALeave a comment

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord: (Procession with Palms: Mt 21:1-11), Isaiah 50: 4-7, Philippians 2:6-11, Matthew 26:14 – 17:66. In the space of a blog post, how can we take in, much less reflect upon the events we celebrate on Palm Sunday? As disciples, we go from …

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Slaves of Sin

Slaves of Sin

April 1, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year AOne Comment

Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95, John 8: 31-42. Today’s readings give us a glimpse of what it looks like to be freed from the slavery of sin alongside the Son of God and also what it looks like to be stuck in our slavery. …

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