by Lynne Marie | Dec 9, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Let Us Lead with Love When Isaiah 40: 1-11 tells us, “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed….” he uses the language of power. God “rules by his strong arm.” But God doesn’t use “strongarm” tactics. Rather, “like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 8, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Paul VI calls this feast “a joint celebration” of three things: “of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, of the basic preparation for the coming of the Savior (Isaiah 11:1, 10), and of the happy beginning of the Church without spot or wrinkle.” This is a challenge to...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 6, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Jesus Gives Meaning to Life Where do I think the world is going? Do I feel empowered to affect it? What role do I think Jesus plays in the transformation of society? The Responsorial Psalm gives us the theme of the readings: “Justice shall flourish in his time, and...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 5, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Let Us Listen to Jesus Isaiah 29: 17-24 tells us that the Lord leads us “out of gloom and darkness” and into fulfillment by making the deaf hear and the blind see. Then “those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who find fault will accept...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 4, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Let Us Respond to Jesus Matthew 7: 21-27 tells us it is not those who just cry out, “Lord, Lord!” who will enter the kingdom of God, but only those who do the will of the Father. It is true that “in the Lord God we have an everlasting rock,” but this does us no good...
by Lynne Marie | Dec 3, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Let Us Be With Jesus We grow to fulfillment by being with Jesus. And this is only possible because he came to be with us: “The Word became flesh and lived among us [literally, “pitched his tent among us”], and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s...
