by faceforward | Apr 18, 2019 | Weekly Faith
Reflecting on Easter Sunday Readings: Acts 10:34, 37–43Psalm 118:1–2, 16–17, 22–23Colossians 3:1–4John 20:1–9 Jesus is nowhere visible. Yet today’s Gospel tells us that Peter and John “saw and believed.” What did they see? Burial shrouds lying on the...
by faceforward | Apr 11, 2019 | Weekly Faith
Reflecting on Passion Sunday Readings: Isaiah 50:4–7Psalm 22:8–9, 17–20, 23–24Philippians 2:6–11Luke 22:14–23:56 “What is written about Me is coming to fulfillment,” Jesus says in today’s Gospel (see Luke 22:37). Indeed, we have reached the climax of...
by faceforward | Mar 28, 2019 | Weekly Faith
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Readings:Joshua 5:9–12Psalm 34:2–72 Corinthians 5:17–21Luke 15:1–3, 11–32 In today’s First Reading, God forgives “the reproach” of the generations who grumbled against Him after the Exodus. On the threshold of the promised land, Israel can...
by faceforward | Mar 21, 2019 | Weekly Faith
The Third Sunday of Lent Readings: Exodus 3:1–8, 13–15Psalm 103:1–4, 6–8, 111 Corinthians 10:1–6, 10–12Luke 13:1–9 In the Church, we are made children of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God who makes known His name and His ways to Moses in...
by faceforward | Mar 13, 2019 | Weekly Faith
The Second Sunday of Lent Readings: Genesis 15:5–12, 17–18Psalm 27:1, 7–9, 13–14Philippians 3:17–4:1Luke 9:28–36 In today’s Gospel, we go up to the mountain with Peter, John, and James. There we see Jesus “transfigured,” speaking with Moses and Elijah...
