Father David M. KnightMar 9, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 9, 2020Monday, Week Two of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 79) gives a key to the readings: “Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins .” In...
Father David M. KnightMar 8, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 8, 2020Sunday, Second Week of Lent The Event and the Glory that Motivate Discipleship Inventory How much do I think about the event of Christ’s...
Father David M. KnightMar 7, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 7, 2020Saturday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 119 ) asserts the blessing of discipleship: “Happy are they who follow the law of the...
Father David M. KnightMar 6, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 6, 2020Friday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 130) is both truth and trust: “If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt, who could endure...
Father David M. KnightMar 5, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 5, 2020Thursday, First Week of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 138) is a testimony “O Lord, on the day I called for help you answered me!” Esther...
Father David M. KnightMar 4, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 4, 2020Wednesday of Lent, Week One The Responsorial (Psalm 51) is an insight into God: “A broken, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.”...
Father David M. KnightMar 3, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 3, 2020Tuesday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 34) assures us: “From all their afflictions, God will deliver the just.” Isaiah 55:...
Father David M. KnightMar 2, 2020Immersed in Christ: March 2, 2020Monday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (John 6:63 and Psalm 19) could be the motto for the discipleship to which the Liturgy of the...
Father David M. KnightMar 1, 2020 Immersed in Christ: March 1, 2020THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (Year A) Entering Discipleship: the Recognition of Sin Inventory To what do I attribute the evils in our...
Father David M. KnightFeb 29, 2020Immersed in Christ: February 29, 2020Saturday After Ash Wednesday Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may be faithful in your sight (Psalm 86). Isaiah 58: 9-14 presents two...
Father David M. KnightFeb 27, 2020Immersed in Christ: February 27, 2020Thursday after Ash Wednesday Happy are they who hope in the Lord! (Psalm 1). Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 sets before us the basic “either-or”...
Father David M. KnightFeb 26, 2020Immersed in Christ: February 26, 2020ASH WEDNESDAY* Lent is a time to change together Inventory Do you think things can be turned around in our society without a massive...
Father David M. KnightApr 14, 2019Father David's Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of LentInventory What do you think it means to be a "disciple" of Jesus? What is your experience of it? What questions have you asked Jesus?...
Father David M. KnightApr 13, 2019Father David's Reflection for Saturday of the Fifth Week in LentThe Responsorial verse is: "The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock" (see Jeremiah 31:10-13). Ezekiel 37:21-28 is God's...
Father David M. KnightApr 12, 2019Father David's Reflection for Friday of the Fifth Week in LentThe Responsorial Psalm brings to mind a fundamental principle of the spiritual life, a truth we need to know: sometimes we enter into our...
Father David M. KnightApr 11, 2019Father David's Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week in LentThe Responsorial Psalm gives us a motive to persevere in discipleship: "The Lord remembers his covenant forever" (Psalm 105)....
Father David M. KnightApr 10, 2019Father David's Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week in LentThe Responsorial Psalm teaches us to look beyond the present moment and believe in what God can and will do. Then we will sing: "Glory...
Father David M. KnightApr 9, 2019Father David's Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in LentThe Responsorial Psalm accepts the reality that often we do not cry out to God until we are in "distress." Still, we know God will hear...
Father David M. KnightApr 8, 2019Father David's Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week in LentThe Responsorial Psalm assures us that God is always present to help and protect us, even when things seem most dark: "Even though I walk...
Father David M. KnightApr 7, 2019Father David's Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of LentInventory What kind of people are the greatest danger to Christianity today? Who were the most vicious opponents of Jesus in his time? Am...