The Better Part

John 4.5-15 , 19-26 , 39-42 (full reading: John 4.5-42 ) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection   (full reading: John 4.5-42 ) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection When we read the Bible, we can ask ourselves, "What is God doing?" In the reading for this Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Lent, at first it does not appear that Jesus does much at all. He sits by a well and has a conversation with a woman from Samaria. No miracles. No parables. Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar,

Matthew 5.17, 20-24, 27-28, 33-34, 37++   full reading: Matthew 5.17-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel reading for this Sunday is part of a long talk that Jesus gives while sitting on the hillside of a mountain, surrounded by so many people who gather to hear him. He says, Do not think that I have come to abolish  the law  or the prophets ; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill . Abolish  means to put an end to something, or to get rid of it. Jesus s

Matthew 4:12-23   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is called the Sunday of the Word of God. Sometimes Jesus is called the Word of God made flesh. God gives the Word a body and a voice, something we can see and hear. We can see the Word of God in our imagination, and we hear it speak to us in our heart. In the Gospel, we hear Jesus, the Word Made Flesh, calling four people to come follow him. There are two pairs of brothers: Andrew and Simon (who is also

Matthew 4:12-23   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the Sunday of the Word of God. The Word of God is a great gift to us. We enjoy our gifts. We play with them. So, each week, and in particular this week, we enjoy the Word. We play with it, turning it over and over, noticing how it touches our deepest needs, and delighting in the new aspects we discover. The Gospel begins with disturbing news. John the Baptist has been arrested. In the midst of reading

Luke 10.38-42   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know it is important that we listen to the Word of God. When we listen, we...

Luke 10.38-42   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (I consider this Sunday the feast day of this website. When you read the...

Luke 5.1-11   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about the moment when Simon Peter...

Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n We call thi s Sunday, "The Sunday of the Word of God." We pay...

Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Each Sunday we listen to the Word of God. This Sunday, though,...

Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Although we listen each week to the Word of God, this Sunday we...

John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus satisfying the hunger of five thousand people. We...

Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus call twelve of his friends to be apostles—people who get...

Mark 1.14-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about people beginning to follow Jesus. We learned that a...

Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Each year on the second Sunday of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of...

Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In another parable this Sunday, Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is like...

Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the middle of the summer, the Church takes a moment to celebrate the...

Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the middle of the summer, the Church pauses to celebrate the Feast of the...

Matthew 13.44-52 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus again gives us three parables. Three...

John 6.51-59 and the first reading: Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the SOLEMNITY OF THE...

(Adults, the Gospel reading this week speaks about how to live righteously. 3-6 year olds are at a stage of enjoying the gift of...