Sunday Reflections
Weekly reflections from Fr Michael based on the liturgy of the Word of that SundayThird Sunday of Lent (B)
Exodus 20: 1 – 17Responsorial Psalm: 191 Corinthians 1.18, 22 – 25John 2. 13 – 25 Christ arrives at the Jerusalem Temple for the Passover. The temple was under construction for almost half a century. To gain admission into the temple one had to pay half a shocked. To...
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B)
Feb 25Genesis 22. 1 – 2, 9 – 13, 15 – 18Psalm 116Romans 8. 31b – 35, 37Mark 9. 2 – 10 In today’s first reading Abraham is portrayed as being willing to let go of what was most precious to him, the only son of his old age. In being willing to let his son go to God, he...
First Sunday of Lent (B)
Genesis 9. 8 – 15Psalm: 251 Peter 3. 18 – 22Mark 1. 12 - 15Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is the Holy One. How can the Holy One, the Son of God, betempted? The temptation of Jesus is mind-boggling. What sense can we make of it? LastSunday we were left with the...