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Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time…October 31, 2021
By Theresa Homan, Notre Dame Associate
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and withall your strength.”
I’ve often struggled with what it means to love God. If love is an act of the will, not just a…
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Reflection for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Times – Sept. 26, 2021
By Rita Melgares, Notre Dame Associate
As a prelude to this Sunday’s Gospel Reflection, we recall that Jesus has begun His public life, Proclaiming the Kingdom.
Jesus and His disciples came to Capernaum. One day, John (one of Jesus’ disciples) told Him, “Teacher, we saw a man using Your…
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Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 5, 2021
By Cindy Wenninghoff, Notre Dame Associate
This Sunday’s readings begin with Isaiah reassuring all whose hearts are frightened to fear not, and take comfort in our God as he is wonderful and all powerful. And I believe that this reading is just as applicable today as it was in Isaiah’s…
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Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time-August 29, 2021
By Sr. Rita Ostry ND
Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8
James 1:17-18, 21b-22,27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15,21-23
All three readings of the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary time are powerful reminders of the importance of living from the heart. We are called to humbly welcome and trust the Spirit, the love and word of God placed within…
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Reflection for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 22, 2021
By Sr Mary Hlas ND
In today’s Responsorial Psalm, we hear, “When the just cry out, the Lord hears them and from all their distress (upset) He rescues them.” “The Lord is close to the broken hearted and to those who are crushed in spirit He saves.”
How many of…
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Reflection for The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 15, 2021
By Mary Toline, Notre Dame Associate
Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy…
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Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 8, 2021
By Kathy Schinker, Notre Dame Associate
The readings for this Sunday are about food. Elijah was fed and nourished by God on his journey to Horab, the mountain of God.
In the gospel Jesus said “I am the bread of life.”
What more do we need?
He gave himself up on the…
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Reflection for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 4, 2021
By Juanita Harding, Notre Dame Associate
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 2:2-5
The readings today are all about spreading the Word of God.
The Lord spoke to Ezekiel and His Spirit entered them. He told Ezekiel he was to go to the Israelites, a group that had…
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Reflection for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 27, 2021
By Sr Joan Polak ND
The gospel readings today tell of two miracles of Jesus performed for two people of great faith motivated by love.
How great is our faith? We too can touch the garment of Jesus through and in prayer. Or we can more intimately do so in…
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Reflection for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 20, 2021
Reflection for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time…June 20, 2021
by Ann O’Connor, Notre Dame Associate
Mark 4:35-41
The story of Jesus calming the storms shows us God is with us even when we do not realize it. Jesus is in control. He is with us in the storms.
As Mark tells the story, the disciples…