March 14, 2024 4th week Lent

Today’s first reading is regarding the newly converted Gentiles, what to do with them. Some were insisting on circumcision. The reading doesn’t say what actually happened, but when new ideas are introduced within religion, there will be the ones who don’t like change. In the gospel, John 15, we hear again that Jesus is the…

It is the seventh week of Easter, but some churches celebrate the Ascension of the Lord which is actually on Thursday before. The first reading is the beginning of Acts and Luke accounts the life, death, resurrection and ascension. The second reading “The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all…

Today’s first reading: Paul goes to Ephasus and finds faithful that have been baptized by John and now need to know about Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit. They begin to speak in tongues. In the gospel, the apostles said they now believe. Jesus said that they will leave Him alone in His time of…

Today’s first reading is about the preaching of a Jew named Apollos in Ephasus. They said he was an eloquent speaker, was an authority on the scripture, and he vigorously refuted the Jews in public. My commentary said that we need to commit ourselves to reading and sharing the scripture. He also said to study…

Today’s gospel is an account by Mark in the early days of Jesus’ ministry when he calls out an unclean spirit. It says, “His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee” In one of my reflections they focus on your own conversion from sin and that if you are trying to live a…

Today we place ashes on our foreheads to remind us that to dust we will return. The priest will say either “Remember, you are dust and to dust you will return” or “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel “ Lent is the time to turn from sin, with prayer, fasting, and…