by Brandon Jubar | Scripture Reflection |
Reading I: Acts 13:14, 43-52 Reading II: Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 GOSPEL: John 10:27-30 In Search of a Role Model All of the readings today have a common theme that should be comforting for Christians. In today’s sound-bite culture, where every problem needs to be...
by Brandon Jubar | Scripture Reflection |
Reading I: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 Reading II: Revelations 5:11-14 GOSPEL: John 21:1-14 Listen Up! Imagine what it must have been like. You had given up your profession – indeed, your entire life – to follow a man named Jesus. Over time you came to truly believe he was...
by Brandon Jubar | Scripture Reflection |
Reading I: Acts 5:12-16 Reading II: Revelations 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 GOSPEL: John 20:19-31 Doubt, Don’t Disbelieve There are times when we read the Bible and have to stretch the imagination in order to identify with the people and their situations. This...
by Brandon Jubar | Scripture Reflection |
In Memory of Me I’ve read about people who know they don’t have long to live and one fairly common element in many of their stories is that they want to make their last moments on earth very special. They want to spend time with loved ones and, perhaps more...
by Brandon Jubar | Scripture Reflection |
Reading I (Procession of the Palms): Luke 19:28-40 Reading I (At Mass): Isaiah 50:4-7 Reading II: Philippians 2:6-11 GOSPEL: Luke 22:14 – 23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 Suffering & Death Are Part of Life On Palm Sunday, the Church remembers Jesus’ triumphant return...
by Brandon Jubar | Scripture Reflection |
Reading I: Isaiah 43:16-21 Reading II: Philippians 3:8-14 GOSPEL: John 8:1-11 A Different Angle In today’s Gospel reading, the scribes and the Pharisees try to trip Jesus up by presenting him with a problem that they believe can only be solved by turning to the...