Father David's Reflection for Thursday of Week Twenty-Three (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 150) is a response to what we experience in Communion: “Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!” Colossians...
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Father David M. Knight
Sep 11, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Wednesday of Week Twenty-Three (Ordinary Time)
In Colossians 3:1-11 Paul is still talking about the mystery of Baptism— which for his audience was a new and fresh experience, but one...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 10, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Three (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 145) proclaims what is embodied in the Rite of Communion: “The Lord is compassionate to all his creatures.” In...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 9, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Monday of Week Twenty-Three (Ordinary Time)
In Colossians 1:24 to 2:3, Paul reveals his longing to “make every human being complete (mature, perfect in Christ” (Compare this to...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 8, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Sunday of Week Twenty-Three (Ordinary Time)
THE TWENTY--THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR C Seeing the Top from Below Inventory Isn’t it hard sometimes to understand God? What he does and...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 7, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Saturday of Week Twenty-Two (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 54) gives the ultimate grounds for hope: “God himself is my help.” We may forget that one of the major truths...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 6, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Friday of Week Twenty-Two (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 100) invites us: “Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.” This is an invitation to Mass! We all know that...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 5, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Thursday of Week Twenty-Two (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 98) assures us: “The Lord has made known his salvation.” Do you have any doubts that it has been made known to...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 4, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Wednesday of Week Twenty-Two (Ordinary Time)
(Begin reading the letter to the Colossians). The Responsorial (Psalm 33) echoes what Paul felt about the Colossians he had evangelized:...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 3, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Two (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 27) is an affirmation of absolute hope: “I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 2, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Monday of Week Twenty-Two (Ordinary Time)
(Begin readings from Luke’s Gospel). The Responsorial (Psalm 96) is looking to the “end time”: “The Lord comes to judge the earth.” In...
Father David M. Knight
Sep 1, 2019
Father David's Reflection for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
THE TWENTY--SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR C Humility, Trust and Love Inventory Could our desire to impress others, our “power trips,” and our...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 31, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Saturday of Week Twenty-One (Ordinary Time)
In this week’s readings, including 1Thessalonians 4:9-11, Paul has paraphrased all nine “fruits of the Spirit. This harmonizes with his...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 30, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Friday of Week Twenty-One (Ordinary Time)
Paul couldn’t put it more bluntly than he does in 1Thessalonians 4:1-8: “It is God’s will that you grow in holiness.” When the...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 29, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Thursday of Week Twenty-One (Ordinary Time) [Also feast of the Be
[Since today is the Feast of John the Baptizer, the link with the official readings are for this Feast Day. However, Fr. David's...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 28, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Wednesday of Week Twenty-One (Ordinary Time)
In 1Thessalonians 2: 9-13 Paul holds himself up as an example and gives an exhortation to the Church: He reminds them “how irreproachable...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 27, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Tuesday of Week Twenty-One (Ordinary Time)
The Responsorial (Psalm 139) reminds us to find our peace in God’s knowledge of our hearts: “You have searched me and you know me,...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 26, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Monday of Week Twenty-One (Ordinary Time)
We all have various things on our mind when we come to Mass. Various feelings about being there. Various feelings about the people we are...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 25, 2019
Father David's Reflection for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Good News is For All Inventory How do you feel about change in the Church? Does it upset you when they change the words of the...
Father David M. Knight
Aug 24, 2019
Father David's Reflection for Saturday of Week Twenty (Ordinary Time)
The Entrance Antiphon urges us: “Proclaim the salvation of the Lord… his glory to all nations.” The Responsorial (Psalm 145) says it is...
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