The Love Chapter
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 2 Comments »Our second reading today is 1 Corinthians 13. This is often referred to as "The Love Chapter." If you've ever been to a wedding, chances are you have heard this read there. St. Paul tells us what love is, and ...
Do You Not Care?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »More of the intriguing story of David today in our first reading from 2 Samuel 12. The prophet Nathan comes to David and tells him a story, one which enrages David. Nathan tells him that he (David) is the bad ...
The Good Bad Guy
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »King David had it going on with God. He had been anointed by the prophet Samuel as a young man, eventually became king and was told by God that his kingdom would endure forever through God's Son. Pretty heady stuff, ...
The Measure With Which You Measure
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 2 Comments »King David was "a man after God's own heart." God had promised him that his kingdom would last forever, through the Messiah which would come from his line. In today's first reading from 2 Samuel 7, David asks for God's ...
Sowing the Word
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »In today's first reading from 2 Samuel, Nathan the prophet gives David a message from the Lord. God promises that from David's line would come the Messiah. "Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall ...
Stir Into Flame
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Today the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Timothy and St. Titus. Both of these great men were bishops of the early Church. There are letters from St. Paul to each of these (two to St. Timothy) in the New ...
Conversion of St. Paul
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Today is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. We see the story of Saul's (Paul's birth name) conversion in two places in Acts of the Apostles. In chapter 9, the account is told in third person. Luke, the ...
Many Parts, One Body
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »The second reading for today is from 1 Corinthians 12. Here St. Paul talks about the human body, and compares it with Christ's body. Not the Body of Christ in the Eucharist, but rather the body of Christ that is ...
Out of His Mind
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »For the first reading today, we start in 2 Samuel. Saul and his son, Jonathan, David's best friend, have been killed in battle. David laments the death of these two great sons of Israel. The Gospel reading today from Mark ...
You are Right
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »David and Saul had a tumultuous relationship. Saul hated David, and hunted him down to kill him. You would think that David would share this animosity. But not so. More in a sec. Our Gospel reading today is from Mark ...
