Category: past Deacon Mike’s Weekly Reflections

First Reading: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18Second Reading: Philippians 3:17—4:1 Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36 Can we communicate directly with heaven? The answer is “yes”, as in our Lenten journey, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit Read More …

First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:4-10Second Reading: Romans 10:8-13Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 During the forty years in the desert, after their deliverance from Egypt, the Israelites experienced three tests: physical hunger, lure of idolatry and the temptation to Read More …

First Reading: Sirach 27:4-7Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:54-58Gospel: Luke 6:39-45      Praise no one before he speaks, for it is then that people are tested. (Sir27:7) Our first reading invites us to reflect on how Read More …

First Reading: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:45-49Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, Read More …

First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26      Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Perhaps when we read Jesus’s opening to the Beatitudes, Read More …

First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 In our 1st reading from Isaiah, we hear Isaiah respond “Here I am” to the Lord’s question: “whom shall I send?” Isaiah, knowing Read More …

First Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:31—13:13 Gospel: Luke 4:21-30 Do you believe that you are a prophet like Jeremiah is today’s first reading? Be careful how you respond…you may be thinking: “I Read More …

First Reading: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-30Gospel: Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Other translations will say a “year of favor”. In the book of Leviticus, this is referred to as “the jubilee year”. When, Read More …

First Reading: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-30Gospel: Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Today’s gospel of the Wedding Feast at Cana is the third Sunday in a row, where Jesus reveals Himself, i.e. an Epiphany. Read More …

First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7Second Reading: Acts 10:34-38Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Today’s celebration of the Baptism of the Lord closes our Christmas season, and it marks the start of Jesus’ public ministry. Sound familiar? Indeed, Read More …