You can get reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.Sixth Sunday of EasterBackground: This Sunday’s gospel selection continues the emphasis upon how God in the risen Christ is always caring for us; the other readings remind us that God’s cares for people whom we think are supposed to be outside his love. Christ’s

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.Second Sunday of EasterBackground: This was the day on which in ancient Rome the neophytes laid aside the white robes that they had been given during the rites of initiation at Easter Vigil and joined the body of the Faithful. And so, today’s readings

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.Introduction to the Third to Fifth Sundays in Lent:The Johannine Gospels for the three middle Sundays in Lent for Year B pursue the same themes as those of Year A: how Jesus brings us in his person cleansing from sin, true light, and new

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.All Saints’ DayBackground: In a culture that is living more and more in a denial of death, this festival reminds us that we are “surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses” who “have run the race and kept the faith.” Yet when we

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.The 26th Sunday in Ordinary TimeBackground: God is always generous, but Jesus tells us this week about how our choices and subsequent actions matter as well. Words of faith are important; deeds of love are crucial.What is your biggest regret about your choices

You can find reflection questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.The 22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeBackground: Two weeks ago we saw Jesus having to abandon a stereotype and reward the faith of the Gentile woman, so this week we see Peter having to abandon his stereotype of how the Messiah who was

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.TransfigurationBackground: We read this week the last of three interconnected episodes in the gospel: Jesus’s baptism, temptation, and now transfiguration. What links them is that they deal with the meaning of his being the beloved Son/Servant. We have seen how he has struggled

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.The 13th Sunday in Ordinary TimeBackground: This is the concluding section of the “sermon” about what it means to be a person who lives and proclaims the gospel values of Jesus.Which one of Jesus’s statements here scares you the most? Which one comforts