Scripture Reflections

By Maureen Hanahoe, M.M. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeOctober 26, 2025Sir. 35:12-14, 16-18; 2 Tim. 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 How do we evaluate the quality of our lives? Is it through our comparison with others and a sense of self- righteousness, or is it through the willingness to accept who we are with honesty and transparency, embracing bot...

By St. Isidore of Seville International Online Small Christian Community Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary TimeOctober 19, 2025Ex. 17:8-13 | 2 Tim. 3:14-4:2| Luke 18:1-8 Here is a personal witness story.I am 22-year-old Mary Wahome, born and raised in Kenya, and a faithful Catholic. In 2015, my mum passed away and I became the mother to my 7-year-old...

By Sarah Bueter, MKLM Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary TimeOctober 12, 20252 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 In this week’s readings, those explicitly on the “outside”— the Syrian, the Samaritan, the foreigner — show us that God desires healing for all, and they teach us about a faith that “saves” ...

By Leonor Montiel, M.M. Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeOctober 5, 2025Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Luke 17:5-10 The first reading and the Gospel for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time provide us a glimpse of the reality of the people at the time. The first reading mentions violence, destruction, discor...

By Frank Breen, M.M. Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSeptember 28, 2025Amos 6:1a, 4-7, 1 Timothy 6:11-1, Luke 16:19-31 Today’s Gospel from Saint Luke, about the rich man and Lazarus the poor man, is one of many passages that highlight a major thematic issue in Luke, namely the relationship between wealth and poverty. The Gospels in general do...

By Gabe Hurrish Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSeptember 21, 2025Amos 8:4-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Luke 16:1-13 Today’s Sunday readings struck me right in the face. I live in South Sudan where almost everything written in the readings resonates with the current struggles of the people. The leaders of this extremely poor East African country have ...

By Kathy McNeely Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy CrossSeptember 14, 2025Numbers 21:4b-9, Philippians 2:6-11, John 3:13-17 We all have our stories. These stories are shaped by our cultural experience, by what our parents teach us and by the way we choose to respond to the world around us. While living and working in Guatemala among Indigeno...