Reflections
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…
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Reflection for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
by Phyllis Chandler, Notre Dame Associate
The Lord is my light and my salvation.”
In the second reading this Sunday, from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he says, “I urge you . . . that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the…
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Reflection for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
by Marylou Garrett, Notre Dame Associate
This Sunday’s readings emphasize that by responding to God’s call and humbly doing his will rather than our own, we point the way to Jesus and help reveal God’s faithful love for all of creation.
In the first reading God calls his chosen…
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Reflection for the Feast of the Holy Family
by Sr Anita Rolenc ND
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14
Colossians 3:12-21
Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23
In Sirach, notice the “blessings” that follow respect/honor/kindness to one’s parents. As grown adults, maybe the blessings we experience now are a result of the way we treated our parents when we were youngsters.
St. Paul, in Colossians, lists…