by Lynne Marie | Dec 31, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Seventh Day of Christmas The Responsorial Psalm still invites us, “Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice” (Psalm 96). 1John 2:18-21 gives us an unexpected reason for rejoicing: “Many antichrists have appeared…. They went out from us, but…. their desertion...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 30, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Sixth day of Christmas The Responsorial Psalm invites us again, “Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice” (Psalm 96). 1John 2:2-17 tells us why: “because your sins have been forgiven… because you know him who is from the beginning… because you have conquered...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 29, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Fifth Day of Christmas St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr The Responsorial Psalm insists, “Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice” (Psalm 96), even when things look bad. 1John 2:3-11 gives us a reason: “The darkness is passing away, and the true light is...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 28, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Jesus was first seen by shepherds, who “found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.” The first people to find Jesus found him in the context of a family. And this is where most people find him. Most of us meet Jesus at home. But many don’t. In many families...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 27, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Saint John The Responsorial Psalm gives us the key, not only to the readings, but to Christian life: “Rejoice in the Lord, you just” (Psalm 97). 1John 1: 1-4 explains why we rejoice: “Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” In Jesus, the...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 26, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Acts 6:8 to 7:59 reminds us that the Good News is good news even when it seems to be bad! Stephen is stoned to death by his own people for proclaiming Jesus. But before they attacked him, “filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and...
