Mass Reading & Meditation for September 20, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Mark 9:30-37
It seems that we have a lot in common with the apostles.
We love Jesus; they loved Jesus. We want to follow him; they followed him. We want to please him, and so did they. And like the apostles, we too are bound by our human weaknesses. Today’s Gospel tells us that Jesus [...]

Mass Reading & Meditation for September 13, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Mark 8:27-35
Peter had a striking insight and dared to express it to Jesus and his fellow disciples: “You are the Messiah!” (Mark 8:29).
In Matthew’s account (Matthew 16:13-19), Jesus calls Simon “blessed” for being open to divine revelation. However, Jesus doesn’t let Peter bask in this moment. Right away, he begins to describe what [...]

Mass Reading & Meditation for September 6, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: James 2:1-5
Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom? (James 2:5)
Let’s face it. We all have prejudices and biases. We all make judgments and stereotype people. We tend to like those who dress a certain way and act a certain [...]

Mass Reading & Meditation for August 30, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23
More and more people were following Jesus.
After all, he reverenced God, taught with authority, and healed everyone who came to him. And the more the people wanted to make Jesus their king, the more his enemies wanted to trap and destroy him.
Then came the moment when some of the Pharisees caught Jesus’ [...]

Mass Reading & Meditation for August 6, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Mark 9:2-10
Transfiguration of the Lord
Sometimes we need something spectacular to free us from weariness or discouragement. Perhaps this was where Peter, James, and John were as this story opens. We can well imagine how upsetting Jesus’ words about his coming death must have been to them (Mark 8:31). Surely they needed a boost!
But [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
March 8, 2009
Gospel: (Mark 9:2-10)
Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white…Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.  Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, [...]