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Weekly Gospel Reflection
Yesterday we heard about the anointing of Jesus' feet with costly nard. I (Beth) often think about the immense love Mary must have had for Jesus to do such a public act with such an incredibly expensive item.
Weekly Gospel Reflection
“And Jesus said to them, ‘The chalice that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized...’ “ - Mark 10:39
Weekly Gospel Reflection
Sunday's Gospel features one of my (Beth) favorite lines in Scripture. “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
Weekly Gospel Reflection
Welcome to the 4th week of the Great Fast! How is Christ inviting us to walk more closely with Him through the desert, especially in this past Sunday’s Gospel?Weekly Gospel Reflection
Yesterday's Gospel reading features the healing of the paralytic. St. Mark writes that there were so many people crowded around Jesus to hear Him preach. So many people were crowded in a house, in all the rooms, in the hallway, out into the front door, out to the corridor surrounding the house. So many people that the paralytic man had to be lowered THROUGH THE ROOF! in order for Jesus to see him.
Weekly Gospel Reflection
The Gospel reading from yesterday was Nathanael's and Jesus' encounter with each other, when Jesus tells Nathanael that He saw him under the fig tree.
Weekly Gospel Reflection
It's here! The Great Fast has arrived.
Yesterday's Gospel from Matthew has three main themes.
The Great Fast Cycle of Readings
Can you believe we're one week away from the start of the Great Fast? It simultaneously feels like it's snuck up on me and also that it took a long time to arrive this year!
The Gospel of St. Luke
Today we start reading the Gospel of St. Luke at Divine Liturgy. We will continuously read from this gospel until the Great Fast.
The Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Yesterday's Gospel of the Prodigal Son continues to lead us to the Great Fast.