by Lynne Marie | Oct 1, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church The Responsorial Psalm pledges us to remember God’s work with love in order to continue it: “Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!” (Psalm 137). Nehemiah 2: 1-8 shows us a Jew who...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 30, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church The Responsorial declares simply: “God is with us” (Zechariah 8:23; Psalm 87). Zechariah 8: 20-23 describes how, when God restores Jerusalem, ten people from every nation on earth will “take hold of every Jew by the edge...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 29, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangel The Responsorial Psalm is a recognition that God is constantly restoring, “re-forming” and renewing us: “The Lord will build up Zion again, and appear in all his glory” (Psalm 102). In Zechariah 8: 1-8, the...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 27, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time The Entrance Antiphon focuses above all on God’s “greatness of heart” and “unbounded kindness.” This is what gives us the courage to admit that God has “just cause to judge” us, because we “sinned against you and disobeyed your...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 27, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm pledges: “The Lord will guard us, like a shepherd guarding his flock” (Jeremiah 31: 10-13). We tend to look only at what is happening in our time. The Scriptures invite us to look at what is...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 26, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm tells us not to put limits on what we expect from God: “Hope in God; I will praise him, my savior and my God” (Psalm 43). Haggai 1:15 to 2:9 deals with the negativism of people who are always...
