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In today’s Gospel Story (John 4:5-42) Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at the well, and they have a conversation which changes the woman’s life forever. The majority opinion sees this…

In today’s Gospel Story (Matthew 17:1-9) Jesus is transfigured in the presence of some of his disciples. As usual, there are both the majority report, what the Story has traditionally…

In today’s Gospel Story (Matthew 4:1-11) Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted. The majority report sees this Story as telling us about Jesus beginning…

The setting today as we hear or read the words of Scripture, still is a lot of suffering and just plain nastiness and evil. There are also many acts of…

This Sunday’s Gospel Story (Matthew 5:1-12a) is from a part of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount known as the Beatitudes. We are hearing this Story in the setting of more…

In the Gospel Story for the Third Sunday of the Year (Mat 4:12-23)  Jesus begins his ministry and invites people to follow him. This is how the majority report sees…

The Gospel Story for today (John 1:29-34) is John pointing out Jesus, “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. This happens as Jesus is beginning…

The Gospel Story for today’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is (Matthew 3:13-17). Is Jesus being baptized by John. The majority opinion sees this as a story about…

The Gospel Story for the Feast of Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12) is the Magi following the star that eventually leads them to the newborn Jesus. It is good to remember that…

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. It is important not to paint the Holy Family with nice pastel colors and portray them as ideal in every way.…