Posts Tagged ‘solidarity’
XVIII Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Exodus 16: 2-4; 12-15 Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 John 6: 24-35 Thoughts for your consideration: by John Gonzalez “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.” This is how Jesus responded to the people who searched him out after ... Read more
Analyzing the Economic Stimulus based on the Pope’s encyclical
Before I continue reflecting on the Pope’s recent social encyclical I would like to offer a personal comment on the economic stimulus. One of the core points of the Pope’s economic message is that business as usual with regards to the global economic activity cannot continue. In the last blog reflection I shared the Catholic ... Read more
XII Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Job 38:1, 8-11 2 Cor. 5:14-17 Mark 4:35-41 Thoughts for your Consideration: The sea is an awesome image that reveals the great power of creation. On the one hand the sea is turbulent and destructive. Yet the sea is also life-giving and calming. The early apostles who lived around the Sea of Galilee were ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged befriending the earth, Corinthians, Integrity of Creation, Jesus, Job, Mark, New Cosmology, Ocean, Paul, Sea, solidarity, Tom Berry
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 4:8-12 1 John 3:1-2 John 10:11-18 Thoughts for your consideration: Last week we left the Jerusalem community trying to comprehend the Easter mystery. Through the name of Jesus, whom they crucified, a crippled beggar was healed by Peter. The readings included the Gospel from John in which Jesus himself explains the mystery ... Read more
Globalization and the Passion
Globalization is a priori neither good nor bad. It is what people make of it. What is at stake is the quality of globalization. Likewise what is at stake is the quality of the contributions we bring. -Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, 2002 These comments by Archbishop ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: Second sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 4:32-35 1 John 5:1-6 John 20:19-31 Thoughts for your consideration: by Fr. John Bucki, SJ Today’s scriptures offer at least three connections to Catholic Social Teaching: The first reading from Acts reminds us of the commitment by early Christian community to the communal life. They shared whatever they had and held all their ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: February 15, 2009
Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1 Mark 1:40-45 Thoughts for your consideration: “Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.”” In this weeks Gospel reading this phrase jumps out at me. Jesus expresses two social values with this encounter with the ... Read more
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