Monthly Archives: July 2017
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time A
Posted on July 25, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsContinued: The Kingdom of heaven is like…. Introduction: This Sunday we hear the last three parables of this parable discourse, chapter 13. The parables that we will hear are those of the treasure, the pearl and the net. The Gospel passage concludes with some words about a person learned in the kingdom. HOMILY: […]
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16th Sunday A
Posted on July 22, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsThe kingdom of heaven is like…. INTRODUCTION: This Sunday we continue to hear from the Parable Discourse of Matthew’s chapter 13. The structure of this Sunday’s reading is similar to last Sunday’s: 1) parables to the crowds, 2) comment on the reasons for parables, 3) private instruction to the disciples giving an explanation […]
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16th Sunday Ordinary time “C”
Posted on July 22, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday Gospels(A similar problem occurs in the life of the Jerusalem community, when the Twelve find themselves unable to cope with the demands of an expanding and increasingly diversified community. Overwhelmed by service at tables, they must expand the community’s leadership structure in order to devote themselves to prayer and the ministry of the word. ) […]
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Sunday Morning Reflection
Posted on July 22, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsFIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ERIN LOTHES (For Catholic women preach) Summertime in the glorious outdoors. . . a time to savor the joy and relaxation of summer Sabbath, the season of vacation and re-creation. The gifts of Sabbath alternate with our seasons of work– the rest and gratitude that renews us for our labors. […]
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15th Sunday of ordinary time – A
Posted on July 10, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsHe spoke to them at length in parables. INTRODUCTION: Today we arrive at the section of Matthew’s Gospel which is known as the Parable Discourse, chapter 13. Matthew structures his gospel around five discourses: Sermon on the Mount, Discipleship, Parables, Church, End. For the next three Sundays we will be hearing from this […]
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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time A
Posted on July 1, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsCardinal Bernardin in his book the Gift of Peace, pp. 123-6 gives a powerful meditation on the words of Jesus in today’s Gospel. “On August 31, 1996, the day after I announced that the cancer had spread to my liver and was inoperable, I presided at a communal anointing of the sick at Saint […]
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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Posted on July 1, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsWhat does my life say about what my baptismal certificate signifies? Introduction: Today’s readings confront us with the question: What does it mean to be a disciple? We get two broad answers to that question. In the first reading we hear of the woman who receives the prophet and practices the virtue of […]
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