by Lynne Marie | Oct 30, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time In Romans 8: 31-39, Paul puts all our security in the reliability and power of God’s love. Nothing, he says, “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” It makes no difference what...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 29, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time In Romans 8: 26-30, Paul is saying that salvation is the work of God and a gift. It is clear in Scripture and Catholic teaching that God offers everyone the grace to be saved. He “desires everyone to be saved and to...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 28, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Romans 8: 18-25 tells us that the only way to view the present is in light of the future. Like a woman in childbirth, “all creation is groaning in labor pains.” But if we look ahead, we will consider “the sufferings of the present time as nothing compared with the...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 27, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time If this is what salvation is, then it should characterize our whole experience of religion. This is what should set the tone, determine the spirit of everything we feel, think, and do in living the Christian life. For you...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 25, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Let Us Hear the Cry of the Poor Sirach 35: 12-18 tells us, “The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds… [and] the Most High responds….” Based on what we see, we may doubt this. The Responsorial Psalm says, “The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” But do we see God...
