3rd Sunday of Lent 2023

3rd Sunday of Lent 2023

We are in the third Sunday of Lent and how have you been responding to the invitation of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving? The first reading talks about how the people quickly forgot about God’s intervention when they needed Him (God) and started complaining about...
2nd Sunday of Lent 2023

2nd Sunday of Lent 2023

Journey of Life and Death One of the old images we still use to describe life is the “journey” that we all make from the womb to the grave. The image of the journey speaks of a passage through time and places. It is a journey which includes the people we have met, the...
1st Sunday of Lent 2023

1st Sunday of Lent 2023

Theme: The Mystery of Freedom   Today’s Gospel presents a familiar episode in the life of Jesus: the devil tempted Him when He was in the desert to prepare himself Spiritually for his ministry. The devil’s temptation focused on 3 crucial areas:   Physical...
2023 Lenten Reflection

2023 Lenten Reflection

This reflection originally appeared in an email to Knights and Dames of the Holy Sepulchre, Eastern Lieutenancy and has been reprinted here for the Knights of St. John with permission from the authoring priest.  Lenten Reflection As we begin yet another Lenten journey...
2nd Sunday of Advent 2022

2nd Sunday of Advent 2022

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Last Sunday in our Advent preparation for Christmas, we looked first at the end of our journey to help us focus our minds more clearly on the meaning of Christmas and the meaning of God coming to live among us as one of us. In the 2nd part of...
First Sunday of Advent 2022

First Sunday of Advent 2022

Happy New Year! Advent marks the beginning of a new year in the Church. This is a season of waiting. In our worship each week, we mark the passage of our time of waiting by lighting another candle on our Advent Wreath. These candles symbolize our faith in the coming...
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time The journey to the promised land, “a land flowing with milk and honey” was not an easy one. That particular land was not easy to occupy because there were other people living there. The Israelites were encountering their first opposition...