by Lynne Marie | Mar 6, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Genesis 37: 3-28 shows us what envy can do. And what God can do in spite of it. Envy is more than jealousy. Jealousy is to want something another has. Envy is to hate so much that the other has something I don’t have, that I don’t want the other to have it either. ...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 5, 2026 | Daily Reflections
If we keep assembling with the community for Mass, the Liturgy of the Word assures us that the truth will catch up with us, whether or not we want to hear it. All truth is lifegiving, but sometimes it takes faith to accept that. And all truth offers hope, even if at...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Jeremiah 18: 18-20 affirms truths about human life as shocking as they are sad: Truth arouses criticism and good incites to evil. “Must good be repaid with evil, that they would dig a pit for my life?” You can’t love people enough to stop them from hating you....
by Lynne Marie | Mar 3, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Isaiah 1: 10-20 offers forgiveness and purification to the “princes of Sodom.” When we read in Genesis 19 the sin that brought destruction on Sodom, we wonder that Isaiah can promise what he does. In the eyes of Lot, in whose culture protecting guests was sacrosanct,...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 2, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In the Gospel, Jesus is going to tell us, “Be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate.” The reading from Daniel 9: 4-10: reminds us how much we ourselves need the compassion Jesus instructs us to give to others. The Book of Daniel is an example of...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 28, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Genesis 12: 1-4 tells us that it all began with the event of God’s intervening in history to form a special relationship with one man—Abraham—and his descendants. This relationship was a covenant that committed God to take an active, guiding role in human...
