by Lynne Marie | Feb 7, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The introductory verses to 1Kings 3: 4-13 tell us that “the people were sacrificing at the high places,” the hilltop shrines where the pagans sacrificed to idols. They did it, however, “because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.” And Solomon...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 6, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Sirach 47:2-11: What is striking about Sirach’s praise of David is that after each accomplishment he lists, he tells us what David was aware of. When he slew Goliath, he “called on the Lord Most High.” He was aware of who “gave strength to his right arm.” In all the...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 5, 2026 | Daily Reflections
1Kings 2:1-12: On his deathbed, David tells his son Solomon to act according to God’s mind and heart so that God will keep his promise to extend his family’s reign over Israel forever. The expurgated version read at Mass omits verses 5 to 9, in which David tells his...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
2Samuel 24: 2-17 bewilders us. Why would God punish David so severely—and send such suffering on his people—just because he took a census? Our bewilderment reveals a deep and serious flaw in the way we were taught morality. David’s sin was that he was gratifying his...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 3, 2026 | Daily Reflections
2Samuel 18:9 to 19:3: When Joab, the head of David’s army, caught up with David’s rebel son, Absalom, who was helplessly entangled in the branches of a tree, he had no scruples about killing him. By killing his prisoner, Joab won the war. But David did not rejoice. ...
