by Lynne Marie | Sep 13, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Memorial of St. John Chrystostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church In 1Timothy 1:15-17, Paul lays down one of the foundational rules of Christian thought, action, and pastoral practice: “You can depend on this as worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 12, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial (Psalm 16) is: “You are my inheritance, O Lord!” An inheritance is something one has a right to. Can we say Christians have a right to Communion? The faith of the Church, the laws of the Church, and...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 11, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Thursday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial (Psalm 150) is a response to what we experience in Communion: “Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!” Colossians 3:12-17 describes, as well as anything, the thoughts, feelings, and desires...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 10, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time In Colossians 3:1-11, Paul is still talking about the mystery of Baptism, which for his audience was a new and fresh experience, but one that modern Christians hardly think about once it is done. A major mistake....
by Lynne Marie | Sep 9, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest The Responsorial (Psalm 145) proclaims what is embodied in the Rite of Communion: “The Lord is compassionate to all his creatures.” In the Rite of Communion, we enter into a special experience of everything Paul has said about the...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 8, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary A true story. There was a young couple, deeply in love, engaged to be married. But before the wedding date, the bride-to-be learned of a job offering that had just become available. As soon as she heard of it, she knew it was the...
