by Lynne Marie | Feb 5, 2026 | Daily Reflections
1Kings 2:1-12: On his deathbed, David tells his son Solomon to act according to God’s mind and heart so that God will keep his promise to extend his family’s reign over Israel forever. The expurgated version read at Mass omits verses 5 to 9, in which David tells his...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
2Samuel 24: 2-17 bewilders us. Why would God punish David so severely—and send such suffering on his people—just because he took a census? Our bewilderment reveals a deep and serious flaw in the way we were taught morality. David’s sin was that he was gratifying his...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 3, 2026 | Daily Reflections
2Samuel 18:9 to 19:3: When Joab, the head of David’s army, caught up with David’s rebel son, Absalom, who was helplessly entangled in the branches of a tree, he had no scruples about killing him. By killing his prisoner, Joab won the war. But David did not rejoice. ...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 2, 2026 | Daily Reflections
A Link-up The Christmas season is over. Lent has not begun. In this feast, we look backward to Christmas and forward to Lent. The Blessing of the Candles begins: “Forty days ago, we celebrated the joyful feast of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today we recall the holy day on...
by Lynne Marie | Feb 1, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Being Humble and Grateful for Inclusion in the Church The Responsorial (Matthew 5:3 and Psalm 146) invites us to say and to mean: “Happy the poor in spirit,” not only because “the Kingdom of heaven is theirs,” but because God promises multiple blessings to those who...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 31, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Samuel 12: 1-17 makes one thing clear to us: we don’t know anyone else’s deepest heart, and often not our own. When Nathan confronted David with his sin, what David revealed was that he despised what he had done. He wasn’t aware he was speaking of himself when he...
