Scripture Reflections

By Stephen Veryser Pentecost SundayJune 8, 2025Acts 2:1-11 | 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 | Jn 20:19-23 Like most cradle Catholics of my generation, I was confirmed as a sophomore in high school. The event was most memorable for the length of the Mass, meeting the bishop in person (in his mitre, of course), and the party at our house afterward. It felt lik...

By Darlene Jacobs, M.M. Seventh Sunday of EasterJune 1, 2025Acts 7:55-60 | Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 | John 17:20-26 I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent m...

By Paschal Madukwa Sixth Sunday of EasterMay 25, 2025Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 | Rv 21:10-14, 22-23 | Jn 14:23-29 In today’s Gospel, as Jesus bids farewell to his disciples, he reassures them: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love them.” These words were said many centuries ago. Do they still speak to us today? And how can we ...

By Antoinette (Nonie) Gutzler, M.M. May 11, 2025Acts 13:14, 43-52 | Rv 7:9, 14b-17 | Jn 10:27-30 As the memory of Pope Francis lingers in our hearts, the words of today’s Gospel from St. John, “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me,” capture well the meaning of Francis’ life and papacy. The crowds lining up to pay their re...