Gospel Reflections

Vigésimo terceiro domingo do tempo comum –  Irma Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN

Vigésimo terceiro domingo do tempo comum – Irma Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN

10 de setembro de 2023 Mateus 18: 15 - 20 Mateus escreve seu Evangelho por volta dos anos 80 a 85, bastante tempo depois do assassinato de Jesus e também durante os anos em que o crescente número de cristãos que enfrentavam conflitos com o Império Romano e a religião...

Vigésimo terceiro domingo do tempo comum –  Irma Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN

September 10, 2023 Matthew 18: 15 - 20 Matthew writes his Gospel around the years 80 to 85, a fairly long time after the murder of Jesus and also during the years that the growing number of Christians facing conflicts with the Roman Empire and the Jewish religion,...

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Nancy Rowen, SNDdeN

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Nancy Rowen, SNDdeN

September 3, 2023 Matthew 16: 21-27 Before any serious commitment, we need clarity: What does this offer and what will it require from me? Will it be worth it? Am I able and willing? Today’s Gospel begins, “From that time on… Jesus began to show his disciples….” what...

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Angele Lewis, SNDdeN

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Angele Lewis, SNDdeN

August 27, 2023 Matthew 16: 13-20 Today’s reading from Matthew 16: 13-20 shows Jesus using “engaging questions” to draw people, followers, disciples into deeper conversations with Him. Jesus begins by asking a type of “hook” question: “Who do PEOPLE say that the Son...

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Betsy Flynn, SNDdeN

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Betsy Flynn, SNDdeN

August 20, 2023 Matthew 15: 21-28 The nameless daughter from the region of Tyre and Sidon suffers from the torment of the devil. The frightening experience that the devil has taken possession of her daughter brings the desperate mother to plead with Jesus. She...

Dix-neuvième dimanche du temps ordinaire – Soeur Honorine Yamba, SNDdeN

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Honorine Yamba, SNDdeN

August 13, 2023 Matthew 14: 22-33 Every time I am in touch with this text I am attracted by the episode of Peter as he approaches Jesus. Today this text touches me differently. Three important aspects attract my attention. 1. Service 2. Prayer 3. Encounter 1. Service:...