Category: Sunday Warm-up
Sunday Gospel Warm-Up
March 14, 2024
The Seed Must Die
John 12:20-33
“Unless a grain of wheat falls…” Jesus this week teaches about one of the great truths of life. We hear that phrase “go for the gusto”
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March 7, 2024
Living in the Light
John 3:14-21
Jesus sends us a dire warning in the Gospel this week. Choose the light that the Son offers He urges and reject the darkness that surrounds us.
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February 29, 2024
Standing in the Cauldron
John 2:13-25
We hear this Sunday the Gospel account of Jesus ridding the temple of its money racket. Rather than leading people to God and worship, the religious system had been reduced to a money generator for the religious authorities.
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February 22, 2024
Mark 9:2-10 Our Divine Destiny
This Sunday’s Gospel is the Transfiguration. Peter, James and John are given a glimpse of Jesus’ divinity, but it is not His divinity that is the point of the encounter. It is Jesus’
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February 15, 2024
Our Desert Experiences
Mark 1:12-15
We hear in the Gospel this Sunday that Jesus was driven out into the desert. The connotation is that he didn’t have a choice in the matter. When it comes to “desert”
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February 8, 2024
Wounded Healers
Mark 1:40-45
Our readings this Sunday focus on healing. All of us have times where we are like the leper in the Gospel kneeling before our God begging for relief.
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February 1, 2024
The World’s Troubles
Mark 1:29-39
How do we deal with all the suffering and evil we see and encounter in our world. It is devastating to see what’s happening in the Holy Land and in places like Ukraine.
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January 25, 2024
Mark 1:21-28 Speaking With Authority
In today’s world, opinions run amuck. Social media, commentators, and “news feeds” all have authoritative opinions for us.
Who’s right, who’s wrong, fake news, and truth all kind of blend together into a murky fog.
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January 18, 2024
A Disciple Decision
Mark 1:14-20
To choose to be a disciple of Jesus is a decision and not an easy one at that. Most of us were raised in a Christian home,
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January 11, 2024
“Come and See”
John 1:35-42
John begins his Gospel with this strange interaction between Jesus and His first two disciples. Jesus notices that he has caught their attention and asks them “What are you looking for?”
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January 4, 2024
Epiphany
Mt 2:1-12
Once again, we hear the story of the three kings or Magi this Sunday. The symbolism of this event basically says that through this infant will come the wisdom that the whole world has been awaiting and seeking.
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December 28, 2023
The Holy Family
Luke 2:22-40
We celebrate this Sunday the Feast of the Holy Family.
Holiness does not mean an easy path. We hear in this Gospel that this child will cause great disruption and Mary will experience great pain by him.
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