Reflections

Reflection for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time…Feb. 20, 2022

By Cathy & Gary Leak, Notre Dame Associate
Readings: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Cor 15:45-49
Alleluia Jn 13:34
Gospel Lk 6:27-38
Jesus says to the many, I give you a new commandment “Love one another as I have loved you,” In the Gospel message today…

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Reflection for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Feb. 20, 2022

By Cathy & Gary Leak, Notre Dame Associate
Readings: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Cor 15:45-49
Alleluia Jn 13:34
Gospel Lk 6:27-38
Jesus says to the many, I give you a new commandment “Love one another as I have loved you,” In the Gospel message today…

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Reflection for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary time…Feb 13, 2022

By Kris Lanik, Notre Dame Associate

Blessedness is the theme of today’s readings.  The first reading from Jeremiah paints a vivid picture of the difference between the person who puts his trust in others vs. the person who trusts in or relies on the Lord.  “Cursed is the one…

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 6, 2022

By Sr Cynthia Hruby ND

My first hearing of the readings for this Sunday was from the USCCB podcast that I listen to each day. The following reflection is based on my ever deepening experience.
Reading I – Is 6:1-2a, 3-8
“They cried one to the other, ‘Holy, holy, holy….’ ”

At…

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Reflection for Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 30, 2022

By Sr Marie Alice Ostry, ND

This Sunday’s readings weave our call in life.  In Jeremiah we know God “knows” before our time and forever.  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,..”  God has, is, and will always be with us.  PONDER!  The immensity and intimacy…

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Reflection for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 23, 2022

By Barbara Hickey, Notre Dame Associate

 
Ps 18-8, 9, 10, 15
 
The law of the Lord is perfect.
Refreshing the soul making us whole.
 …
The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.
God’s decrees (or laws) are one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained.
 …
The…

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Reflection For The Second Sunday In Ordinary Time – January 16, 2022

By Judith Moe McCallum, Notre Dame Associate
2nd Reading – 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Brothers and sisters:
4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;

5 there are different forms of service but the same Lord;

6 there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

7 To each…

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Reflection for The Baptism of The Lord, January 9, 2022

By Cindy Wenninghoff, Notre Dame Associate

Having just celebrated the joys of Christ’s birth, it comes to a sort of completion with Jesus’ baptism as He begins His public ministry.  John, who has always baptized to forgive sins, has found Christ before him- who has no sin.  Yet Christ…

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Reflection – Feast of Epiphany, January 2, 2022

By Sr. Celeste Wobeter ND

Epiphany – a manifestation!  The manifestation of Jesus, the Christ, to all the world!  Isaiah proclaims a message of joy and hope:

Rise up in splendor!       

          Your light has come!  

          The glory of our God shines upon you.       

          See darkness…

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Reflection for the Feast of the Holy Family – Dec. 26, 2021

By Phyllis Chandler, Notre Dame Associate
“The child grew in size and strength, filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.”  Luke 2:40
These words are the last we read in the gospel of Luke until Jesus is twelve years old.  For us, particularly those who have…

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