Monthly Archives: April 2018
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6th Sunday of Easter (B)
Posted on April 29, 2018 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsEaster 6 B Today’s scriptures hold some powerful promises and creative challenges. Promises: In the Gospel: As the Father loves me, so I also love you…I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete. I have called you friends. …whatever you ask the Father in […]
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5th Sunday of Easter (B)
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4th Sunday of Easter
Posted on April 19, 2018 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsGood Shepherd Sunday On an early morning in Israel I sat atop a little hill reading the scriptures and pondering some of the new meanings coming from actually walking the land that Jesus walked. A slight movement on the gentle slope across the valley from the hill where I was caught my attention. I only caught it […]
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3RD Sunday of Easter
Posted on April 19, 2018 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsThe Gospel this Sunday is from Luke’s last chapter (24). This chapter can be looked at as a triptych. It consists of three scenes, the empty tomb, the journey to Emmaus and the final scene of mission and ascension. The three scenes each share some commonality. There is a unity of time, the same day. There is a unity of […]
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Easter 2 A.B.C
Posted on April 6, 2018 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday GospelsMy Lord and My God Thomas the Twin dominates today’s Gospel. In popular use, hardly anyone named Thomas has not been dubbed, “doubting Thomas” at some time in his life. But it is interesting that not many people have asked the question, “who is the other twin?” Speculation on this subject is interesting. Some have hazarded that Judas […]
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