Reflections
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 12, 2023
by Carol Craven, Notre Dame Associate
First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
Second Reading: First Corinthians 2: 6-10
Gospel: Matthew 5: 17-37
Today’s readings are filled with words and phrases that merit reflection: Life and Death, Good and Evil, Wisdom of God, Law of the Lord, “Do not…
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Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 5, 2023
by Carol Craven, ND Associate
1st Reading: Isaiah 58:7-10 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16
Today’s readings are about being and doing. Matthew lets us know that Jesus said to his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth…”, and “You are the…
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Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 29, 2023
by Ann O’Connor, Notre Dame Associate
GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 5:1-12
The beatitudes introduce the Sermon on the Mount, a collection of Jesus’ teachings.
The beatitudes are not so much about what we do, our actions, but the way we live, our way of being. They are less about actions and more…
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Reflection for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 22, 2023
by Theresa Homan, N D Associate
“He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea…” Mt 4: 13
Jesus left the place of his childhood and young adulthood, his friends, his workshop, his clients. Did he have an apprentice to pass his business on to? Did he…
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Reflection for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 15, 2023
by Linda Fitzgerald, Notre Dame Associate
Reading 1: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 The setting of the following verse is the time after the Babylonian Exile. King Cyrus of Persia let the Judeans return to their homeland and rebuild their temple. Can we even imagine their joy? Some Judeans had a…
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The Epiphany of the Lord, January 8, 2023
by Sr Cynthia Anne Hruby ND
1st Reading: Isaiah 60: 1-6
“See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the people…. Raise your eyes….”
In the gloomy days of winter, it is not uncommon to hear someone speak of longing for the sun. So much of what we hear…
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Reflection for New Year’s Day, 2023
By Sr Mary Kay Meagher ND
HOPE: A New Year
Again, the end of a year and beginning of a new one. An exact specific New Year’s Day seems somewhat arbitrary and wrapped in our need for control, remembering, evaluation and wondering. It is not a magic day. We could…
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Reflection for Christmas Day, 2022
By Sr Margaret Hickey ND
John 1:1-18 from Christmas Day Mass
Think of the greatest Christmas gift you have ever received in your life—tangible or not. Relish and treasure the feelings, the value, the impact that special gift made in your life and in those of your circle of life.
THEN—read…
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Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent: December 18, 2022
By Carol Craven, Notre Dame Associate
First Reading: Isaiah 7: 10 -14
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 24: 1-2, 3- 4, 5- 6
Second Reading: Romans 1: 1-7
Alleluia: Matthew 1: 23
Gospel: Matthew 1: 18- 24
In the first reading we learn that God shall give a sign: a virgin…