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Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
The story of the healed blind man reminds us of the need to check our assumptions. It reminds us to accept the fact that we can be wrong about the things that we have always believed to be true. Jesus’ disciples, the parents of the man born…
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Reflection of the Third Sunday of Lent
by Sr Theresa Maly ND
The Samaritan woman we read about this weekend is a truly fascinating story. An ordinary trip to a well turned out to be anything but ordinary. First of all, it was strange to find a Jewish man, we know as Jesus, sitting there alone….
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Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent
by Kathryn Schinker, Notre Dame Associate
We entered Lent earlier this week and today’s readings provide a framework and a challenge for me as I ponder the focus of my journey these 40 days.
The gospel acclamation says one does not live on bread alone, but on every…
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Reflection for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
by Cathy & Gary Leak
The readings today are compared to good fruit from good trees, meaning that if we follow God’s ways with our whole heart, we are the good fruit. We need to question our own motives. Are we acting and speaking for our own benefit and…
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Reflection for 1st Sunday of Lent
by Theresa Homan, Notre Dame Associate
Two temptation stories and two different responses to temptation. We’ve heard them both many times. And we’ve heard how we are saved from Adam and Eve’s disobedience by Jesus’ obedience. So here we are at the start of another Lenten season, reminded again…
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Daily reflections for the first week of Lent
Ash Wednesday
Gospel: Mt:6:1-6, 16-18
In today’s Gospel, there are many ways that God wants us to live. We give without acknowledgement; we pray in silence; we fast as Jesus did in the desert. What more can we do this Lent to be more Jesus-like?
~Associate Barb Hickey
First Thursday of Lent
Deut.:…
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Reflection for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
The reflections I offer come out of my having watched Dr. Maya Angelou on PBS this past week, having meditated on several of her famous quotes I found online, and having taught black and brown children these past two weeks. Her son, Guy Johnson, said in an interview,…
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Reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
by Rod and Connie Determan, Notre Dame Associates
In Sunday’s gospel, Matthew tells us that Jesus directs us not to just follow the Law but to take it to a higher standard. We are told that it is not acceptable to simply meet the visible appearance of the Law,…
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Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
by Juanita Harding, Notre Dame Associate
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 5:13/16
In today’s gospel Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?” Salt has always been a precious commodity. …
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Reflection for the Feast of the Presentation of Christ
by Ed McKibbin, Notre Dame Associate
The prayer below was sent home from my boy’s school.
It seems to fit as we celebrate the Presentation of Christ this weekend.
Heavenly Father, on this Feast of Candlemas (the Presentation of Christ), I recall the gift Mary and Joseph gave to the world…