Thursday, April 18 Scripture Ex 12: 1-8. 11-14 Ps 116: 12-13. 15-16bc. 17-18 1 Cor 11: 23-26 Jn 13: 1-15 Reflection The Lord gave Moses precise instructions about how families and communities were to celebrate the Passover. They were to mark their homes with the blood of a slaughtered lamb, then prepare the menu God […]
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 21st Scripture Acts 10: 34a. 37-43 Ps 118: 1-2. 16-17. 22-23 1 Cor 5: 6b-8 Jn: 1-9 Reflection “Thank God because he’s good, because his love never quits. Tell the world, Israel, “His love never quits.” Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved. “The hand of God […]
Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 14th Scripture Lk 19: 28-40. Mass: Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9. 17-18. 19-20. 23-24 Phil 2: 6-11 Lk 22: 14 – 23: 56 Reflection “…The Lord God has opened my ear….the Lord God helps me.” Is 50:5, Is 50:7 “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you. . .He took a cup […]
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, April 7th Scripture Ez 37: 12-14 Ps 130: 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. 7-8 Rom 8: 8-11 Jn 11: 1-45. Reflection I will open your graves and have you rise from them…. Christ is in you…. the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also…. I will put my […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 31st Scripture 1 Sm 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6(1) Eph 5: 8-14 Jn 9: 1-41 Reflection Surely we are not also blind, are we? Jn. 9:40 [If the shoe fits!] Although our Sunday readings are from Cycle C this liturgical year, today we are asked to reflect on the […]
Third Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 24th Scripture Ex 17: 3 -7 Ps 95: 1-2. 6-7. 8-9 Rom 5: 1-2. 5-8 Jn 4: 5-42 Reflection Today’s first and third readings tell us that God is a water-giver. God gives water to the grumbling Israelites through the staff of Moses and to the Samaritan woman through her interaction with Jesus. […]
Second Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 17th Scripture Gn 15: 5-12. 17-18 Ps 27: 1. 7-8. 8-9. 13-14 Phil 3: 17 — 4: 1 or 3: 20 — 4: 1 Lk 9: 28b-36 Reflection What will it take for me to become fully awake? The kind of awake that practices generous gratitude. The kind of awake that takes heart […]
First Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 10th Scripture Dt. 26: 4-10 Ps 91:1-2. 10-11. 12-13. 14-15 Rom 10: 8-13/ Lk 4: 1-13 Reflection So here I am again, another Lent. . .another invitation, another urging, to allow the Spirit to lead me into the desert. This happens every year. Into how many deserts have I actually allowed the Spirit […]
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, March 6th Scripture JL 2:12-18 Ps 51:3-4. 5-6ab. 12-13. 14 and 17 2Cor 5:20-6:2 / Mt 6:1-6. 16-18 Reflection Working together, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain for God says: “In an acceptable time, I heard you, and on the day of salvation I helped you. […]
Congregation of St. Joseph Grieves
February 18, 2019 The Congregation of St. Joseph is moved by deep love and compassion as we grieve the loss of those killed in the senseless shooting in Aurora, Illinois this past Friday. We stand with the families, witnesses and wounded first responders as they experience incomprehensible suffering. We pray for them and for all […]
