Weekly Lectionary Reflections from the Passionist JPIC Office
Protect our Coast from Oil Spills
PROTECT OUR COAST FROM OIL SPILLS In mid-February 50,000 people from all over the country gathered in Washington DC to challenge our government to halt the building of the Tar Sands Pipeline. This monumental structure is conceived to stretch the length of the country and through part of Canada, harming the environment in many ways, ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged burdened, Gustavo Gutierrez, Jesus, Paul, Wisdom
Lenten Reflections
Lenten Reflections written by Joe Grant, JustFaith Program Staff But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door… Matthew 6:6 When I would go to my listening place, closing the door to be alone in the quiet, the whole world would come knocking, banging to be let in. The more I ... Read more
Pentecost Sunday: Unity and Peace
Lectionary Readings: (taken for the meditations of Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP) Acts 2:1-11. The awesome descent of the Spirit, so that all are caught up in wonder and hear the marvels of God spoken in their own tongues. 1 Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13. There are different gifts but the same Spirit. In the one Spirit ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Babel, Hopy Spirit, Peace, Pentecost, unity
Solemnity of the Ascension: “What are human beings that you are mindful of them?”
Lectionary Readings: (taken from the meditations of Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP) Acts 1: 1-11. Between Easter and Ascension Jesus instructed the apostles and advised them to “wait… [for] you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Eventually Jesus will return gloriously, the same way by which he ascended from their midst. Ephesians 1: 17-23. Christ’s ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Ascension, Faith, Jesus, rapture
Sixth Sunday of Easter: “But in all creatures there is found the trace of the Trinity”
Lectionary Readings: (From the Biblical meditations of Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP) Acts 8:5-8, 14-17. Philip the deacon evangelizes Samaria. Peter and John come to impose hands that the newly baptized persons may receive the Holy Spirit. Peter 3: 15-18. “Speak gently and respectfully” when asked about “this hope of yours.” It is better to suffer ... Read more
Fifth Sunday of Easter: The Option for the Poor
Lectionary Readings: Acts 6: 1-7. The early church grows with many converts including Jewish Priest. The Deaconate is developed to help serve the needs of the poor. 1 Peter 2:4-9. Peter continues with this early baptismal liturgy by commissioning the disciples as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood.” John 14:1-12. Jesus describes the intimate relationship ... Read more
Fourth Sunday of Easter: “The Wounded Healer”
Lectionary Readings: (taken from the meditations of Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP) Acts 2:14, 36-41. Peter, on Pentecost, preaches that “the whole house of Israel should know… that God has made both Lord and Messiah this Jesus whom you crucified.” The people must reform and be baptized. 1 Peter 2:20-25. Peter continues his baptismal instruction that ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Jesus, Nouwen, Peter, Spe Salvi, the wounded healer
Third Sunday of Easter: The “Gospel of Life”
Lectionary Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-28. On Pentecost, Peter stated that Jesus was handed over to death “by the set purpose and plan of God” and therefore could not be bound by death’s bitter pangs. He was shown “the paths of life.” 1 Peter 1:17-21. We have been redeemed not “by silver or gold but by ... Read more
Second Sunday of Easter: “Mere Christianity”
Lectionary Readings: Acts 2:42-47. A portrayal of the first Christian community at Jerusalem. The disciples held their property and goods in common, worshiped together at the temple, and broke the bread of the Eucharist in the privacy of their home. 1 Peter 1:3-9. This early hymn celebrates new birth in the sacrament of baptism. A ... Read more
Easter Sunday: Living in the Hope of Easter!
Lectionary Readings: (Taken from Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP’s Biblical Meditations for Easter Sunday) Acts 10:34, 37-43. The apostles are personal witnesses that Jesus rose from the dead, for they “ate and drank with him.” They are commissioned to preach Jesus, to whom the prophets testify and through whom there is forgiveness of sin. Colossians 3:1-4. ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Easter, Easter Sunday, hope, Jesus, Resurrection
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