by Lynne Marie | Jan 17, 2026 | Daily Reflections
“Come and See” In John 1: 29-34 John the Baptizer testifies that he “saw the Spirit descending [on Jesus] from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.” It was because of this that he was able to say, “Now I have seen for myself and have testified, ‘This is the...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 17, 2026 | Daily Reflections
1Samuel 9:1 to 10:1 God tells Samuel he has chosen Saul to be Israel’s king: “You shall anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen the suffering of my people.” When Samuel told Saul this,...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 16, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Too few people are aware that the bishops at Vatican II called on every Catholic to “undertake with vigor the task of renewal and reform” in response to abuses in the Church: For although the Catholic Church has been endowed with all divinely revealed truth and with...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 15, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 1Samuel 4:1-11, God punished the priest Eli, and Israel with him, “because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.” God had sent word to Eli, “The fate of your two sons… shall be the sign to you—both shall die on the same day. I will raise up...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 14, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The reading begins: “It was rare for the Lord to speak in those days; visions were uncommon.” Many think this is true in our time. And we may identify with the description: “Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.” ...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 13, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 1Samuel 1:9-20, when Hannah asked the Lord for a child, “she conceived and gave birth to a son, and called him Samuel ‘since,’ she said, ‘I asked the Lord for him.” (Samuel in Hebrew means “the name of God is…” but also sounds like the word for “ask”). For Hannah,...
