Posts Tagged ‘suffering’
Policies for Economic Compassion
The history of our Judeo-Christian tradition teaches us that social suffering occurs because as a communal society we are not living in right relationship. This means that we are not respecting the sacred dignity of humanity and all creation. At the level of society this means that Government must protect the basic rights and promote ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 Thoughts for your consideration: by Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, CP JPIC concerns are universal ones, expressing themselves differently in particular settings. Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation continually attract our attention. They emerge in today’s biblical readings. Jeremiah, the prophet, for instance, celebrates a new moment in the ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Covenant, Hebrews, Integrity of Creation, Jeremiah, John, JPIC, justice, Peace, suffering
Lectionary Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Readings: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21 Thoughts for your consideration: by Fr. Stephen Dunn, CP Last Sunday’s Gospel re-lived Jesus’ surprising and prophetic act of “cleansing” the Temple which had been magnificently re-built by King Herod. Today’s reading from Chronicles takes us further back in the history of the Temple. Back when ... 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
Lectionary Reflection for February 8, 2009
Readings: Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 Thoughts for your consideration: The gospel of Mark depicts Jesus getting His public ministry underway in dead earnest. In doing so, Jesus shows it “pays” to be His friend, for He does a special favor for Simon Peter. On Simon’s behalf, He cures ... Read more
Bishops Welcome Obama Executive Order Banning Torture
The Catholic Church expressed its sincere appreciation for President Obama’s executive order to ban torture. This recent gesture of the President along with his commitment to close Guantanamo Bay is a relief to many of us who promote Catholic social teaching. USCCB – (Office of Media Relations) Bishops Welcome Obama Executive Order Banning Torture. Passionist ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection for January 25, 2008
Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Thoughts for Your Consideration: For many of us change is a very challenging concept. Change is usually unexpected, sometimes change can be positive, other times it is negative, but almost all the time it throws us off. It is a basic aspect of human nature to ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged change, Christian, Corinthians, God, inauguration, Jesus, Jonah, Lectionary Reflections, Mark, Obama, Paul, suffering
A New Era of Responsibility
As I listened to Barack Obama’s inauguration speech I began to reflect on the theme of Hope. During the presidential campaign Obama ran on a platform based on hope and change. Coincidently, in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI offered his most recent Encyclical on the theme of hope. In this document Pope Benedict places considerable attention ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection for January 18, 2009
Readings: 1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 John 1:35-42 Thoughts for Your Consideration: This week’s readings offer us two interrelated themes: the call and the temple. The first reading sets these two themes together with Samuel’s experience of being called while he is serving in the temple. Samuel’s experience seems unique but in ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Call, Christian, Corinthians, God, Good News, human dignity, Integrity of Creation, Jesus, John, justice, Paul, Peace, prophet, Samuel, suffering, Temple
FT.com / Middle East / Arab-Israel conflict – ‘Even our homes are not safe. There’s nowhere safe in Gaza’
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI offered the following Christmas message: May the many people who continue to dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (cf. Lk 1:79) come to know the power of God’s saving grace! May the divine Light of Bethlehem radiate throughout the Holy Land, where the horizon seems once again bleak for ... Read more
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International Day of Non-Violence
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
