by Lynne Marie | Oct 2, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Today we celebrate the three “big” angels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. If Michael were here to speak for his feast day, what would he say? What would Gabriel say, and Raphael? Revelation 12:7-12 sounds like Michael. His name means, “Who is like God”...
by Lynne Marie | Oct 1, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Job 19: 21-27 begins with Job’s plea to his friends to stop pelting him with platitudes. He is suffering, and their facile explanations are no help. But then Job makes his own profession of faith. He can speak with credibility, because he is drowning in the reality of...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 30, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Job’s friends said (chapter 4) he was being punished for his sins: “God doesn’t allow the innocent to suffer, so repent, and God will restore your well-being.” Job insisted, “I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One.” His friends replied (chapter 8) that...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 29, 2026 | Daily Reflections
When we gather for Mass, we are conscious that the angels gather with us. And they are involved. In the Penitential Rite, each of us asks “all the Angels and Saints,” along with the rest of the assembly, to “pray for me to the Lord our God.” And we end...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 28, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The drama of Job 1: 6-22 is that Job is a righteous man. God is not punishing him for his sins, and Job will insist on this steadfastly against all the arguments of his friends, who think God must be. Nor does he fall into the sin of blaming God in anger and doubting...
