Reflection presented at Province Gathering 2010 Session 2: Celebrating our beginnings Thursday, July 1, 2010, 9:15 a.m. Hyatt Regency North Ballroom Louisville, Kentucky My Marianist story began seven years ago when, as a contact, I applied for—and was accepted to—the Marianist formation program. Since then, I have lived in four different parts of the Province: [...]
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July 1, 2010Reflection: 8th Wednesday in Ordinary Time
May 26, 2010Mass: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 First Reading: 1 Pt 1:18-25 Responsorial: Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Gospel: Mk 10:34-45 Reflection At morning prayer, I posed a question for possible reflection of the day: How will the choices I make today reflect a vocation committed to leading myself and others to God’s love? So, how did we [...]
Reflection: 5th Tuesday of Easter
May 4, 2010Mass: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 First Reading: Acts 14:19-28 Responsorial: Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 Gospel: Jn 14:27-31a Reflection If you were given three wishes, what would they be? Of course, if you ask me, I’d always make sure that the third wish I would ask is for more wishes! Inspired by the spirit of today’s [...]
Reflection: Monday, Octave of Easter
April 5, 2010Mass: Monday, April 5, 2010 First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Responsorial: Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Gospel: Mt 28:8-15 We continue our week-long celebration of Easter Sunday, a time when we are filled with unbounded joy — let the Church say, “Amen!” Jesus is risen from the tomb—let the Church say, “Amen!” Christ [...]
Reflection: 4th Tuesday of Lent
March 16, 2010Mass: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 First Reading: Ez 47:1-9, 12 Responsorial: Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 Gospel: Jn 5:1-16 Reflection If an Academy Award were given for today’s set of readings, the “best supporting character” award would go to…water. After all, the common theme shared with the first reading and Gospel is water—for its life-giving, life-sustaining [...]
Reflection: 3rd Monday of Lent
March 8, 2010Mass: Monday, March 8, 2010 First Reading: 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab Responsorial: Psalm 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4 Gospel: Lk 4:24-30 A prophet is one who has been identified as “an individual who is inspired to proclaim the will of God in a visionary and new way.” Inspired by the readings for today, my thoughts focused on [...]
Reflection: 5th Tuesday in Ordinary Time
February 9, 2010Mass: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 First Reading: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Responsorial: Psalm 84:3, 4, 5 and 10, 11 Gospel: Mk 7:1-13 One way that I was taught to pray with scripture was to imagine myself in the story and find a character or group with whom I could identify. In today’s two readings, there [...]
