by Lynne Marie | Oct 14, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm teaches us “stewardship of intellect”: “The heavens proclaim the glory of God” (Psalm 19). As endowed with intelligence, we are expected to use our brains responsibly. Romans 1: 16-25 describes...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 13, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time In Romans 1: 1-7, Paul makes it clear that he is not just preaching because he feels inclined to do so. His message is “the gospel [good news] of God,” and he has been called, “set apart” to proclaim it. And those to...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 11, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Realization through Expression In the story of 2Kings 5: 14-17, Naaman made a common mistake. When he asked Elisha to cure him and was told to just go wash in the river, he did not think that was impressive enough: “I thought that for me he would surely come out,...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 11, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time If the word “judgment” sounds negative to us, we may be making some false assumptions. When Joel 4: 12-21 says, “Near is the day of the Lord, the valley of decision,” he continues: “The heavens and the earthquake,...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 10, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm declares an enduring fact: “The Lord will judge the world with justice” (Psalm 9). In Joel 1:13 to 2:2, the “day of the Lord” doesn’t sound like a day to look forward to! “It comes as ruin...
