by Lynne Marie | Sep 10, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time In Colossians 3:1-11, Paul is still talking about the mystery of Baptism, which for his audience was a new and fresh experience, but one that modern Christians hardly think about once it is done. A major mistake....
by Lynne Marie | Sep 9, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest The Responsorial (Psalm 145) proclaims what is embodied in the Rite of Communion: “The Lord is compassionate to all his creatures.” In the Rite of Communion, we enter into a special experience of everything Paul has said about the...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 8, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary A true story. There was a young couple, deeply in love, engaged to be married. But before the wedding date, the bride-to-be learned of a job offering that had just become available. As soon as she heard of it, she knew it was the...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 6, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time Seeing the Top from Below Isn’t it hard sometimes to understand God? What does he do and what does he ask us to do? This faces us with a fundamental choice of guidance systems: to rely ultimately on our own ability to understand...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 6, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial (Psalm 54) gives the ultimate grounds for hope: “God himself is my help.” We may forget that one of the major truths Communion expresses is our reconciliation with God. Paul says in Colossians...
