by Lynne Marie | Sep 30, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Job’s friends said (chapter 4) he was being punished for his sins: “God doesn’t allow the innocent to suffer, so repent, and God will restore your well-being.” Job insisted, “I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One.” His friends replied (chapter 8) that...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 29, 2026 | Daily Reflections
When we gather for Mass, we are conscious that the angels gather with us. And they are involved. In the Penitential Rite, each of us asks “all the Angels and Saints,” along with the rest of the assembly, to “pray for me to the Lord our God.” And we end...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 28, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The drama of Job 1: 6-22 is that Job is a righteous man. God is not punishing him for his sins, and Job will insist on this steadfastly against all the arguments of his friends, who think God must be. Nor does he fall into the sin of blaming God in anger and doubting...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 26, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Guilt and Consequences: In Ezekiel 18: 25-28 God assures us that he will not hold children responsible for the sins of their parents or vice-versa: “The person who sins shall die. A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent…” (18:20). But we still say, “The...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 26, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Ecclesiastes 11:9 to 12-8 tells us that if we look ahead, restricting our view just to the plane of human time, everything is ultimately worthless. Nothing lasts, including our lives on this earth. But youth are not inclined to look ahead. So Ecclesiastes begins by...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 25, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11 reflects on the human experience of change and of time. We experience one thing after another. One period of time is unlike another, and what is appropriate or possible at one time of life is not when we move into another. “There is a season for...
