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Gospel Reflection – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 6:7-13

Today’s Gospel is close to the heart of the monastic confraternity. We read of Jesus sending the disciples into the world to preach the good news, taking nothing with them but the basics. More >

Gospel Reflection – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 6:1-6

Today’s Gospel is a reminder: we Christians should not believe that we have all the answers, all the knowledge, all the illumination of God’s plan. More >

Gospel Reflection – 13th Week in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 5:21-43

In today’s Gospel we read a well-known miracle story of Jesus, in which a synagogue official approaches Jesus to ask for his healing upon his daughter. More >

Gospel Reflection – 12 Week in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 4:35-41

Today’s Gospel is a resonator with many of us, and one of the most well remembered of the stories of Jesus’s life. More >

Gospel Reflection – 11th Week in Ordinary – Cycle B – Mark 4:26-34

Jesus used parables to explain the Kingdom of God. Whilst this form of explanation was elusive, it directly mined the experience of the listeners, by tapping into their understanding of life. More >

Gospel Reflection – 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 3:20-35

Who are my mother and brothers? This is the question Jesus asks. More >

Gospel Reflection – Corpus Christi – Cycle B – Mark 14:12-16. 22-26

It is at a moment in the Gospel of John, when Jesus is heard to exclaim that we must eat his body and drink his blood, that many of his followers abandoned him. More >

Gospel reflection – The Most Holy Trinity – Cycle B – Matthew 28:16-20

It seems that we each have a favorite person of the Trinity. More >

Gospel Reflection – Pentecost Sunday – Cycle B – John 15:26-27 ; 16:12-15

Today is the Blessed feast of Pentecost, when the Spirit came upon the Disciples. More >

Gospel Reflection – 6th Sunday of Easter – Cycle B – John 15:9-17

It is a beautiful yet daunting prospect to be God’s chosen ones. More >