Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Yr B, April 21, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 4/19/24
A flock of sheep would have a very distinctive instinctual relation with the shepherd lacking in other livestock. If you have a pet, you can also sense a little bit the idea percolated in today’s gospel about the shepherd knowing his sheep and the sheep hearing his voice. In ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter, Yr B, April 14, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 4/13/24
If you have not suffered any bodily injury, you may be unaware of the plight of paralytics and what daily living means for them. On no other day than Good Friday of the year 2011, I broke my ankle. I was on a ladder trying to unveil the crucifix ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy), Yr B, April 07, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 4/06/24
How many times have you used the expression, “My Lord and my God?” I was taught by my father to say those words whenever the priest elevates the consecrated host. I have done it at every Mass I’ve attended or celebrated. But those are not words of the beloved ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Yr B, March 31, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 3/29/24
If the devil thought death could swallow Jesus, that the grave would hem him in, he was terribly mistaken. Lucifer got swept off his feet today as his entire empire collapsed. The plan he masterminded at which he led humanity to commit the sin of deicide flawed. The execution ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, Yr B, March 24, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 3/22/24
“A victory march that ended in a torture chamber” is a fitting title for today’s celebration. When Roman generals return from war, they’re accorded the greatest honor with a parade from the outskirts of the city to the amphitheater where they’re decorated with deserving honors. The victory march with ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Yr B, March 17, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 3/15/24
“Wrong Way Corrigan” was an expression coined by the media to describe a flight by aviator, Douglas Corrigan, who on July 18, 1938 initiated a flight from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn New York to Long Beach California, but ended up in Dublin, Ireland. Maybe you’re different but I ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Yr B, March 10, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 3/12/24
Lent, like the season of Advent, has a “Rejoice or Rose Sunday” when the rose vestments are worn and the altar could be decorated with flowers in joyful anticipation of Easter. While in Advent it is called Gaudete Sunday, during Lent it’s called Laetare Sunday, taken from the first ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent, Yr B, March 3, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 3/01/24
Years ago, I made a conscious decision to ignore the Stock Market, choosing a purposive ignorance. Why am I not hooked to Wall Street? Studying probabilities in graduate school helped seal my vow to not follow the speculations that surround the Stock Market and the very lucrative casino industry. ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent, Yr B, February 25, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 2/23/24
God’s demand for Abraham to sacrifice his only son would sound disconcerting in contemporary idiom; but it’s a test of Abraham’s fidelity, which preceded a covenantal oath. It was an interface similar to that with Noah in last Sunday’s first reading. They’re both stories of God’s covenant with humanity. ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent, Yr B, February 18, 2024
Posted by John Wolf on 2/16/24
Every few years, Lent would fall on Valentine’s Day. Many have asked what to do: Celebrate Valentine on the 13th or mix and match them? We don’t need to do any of that, because there’s Lent in VaLENTine, and St. Valentine would want us to be aware of that. ... Read More »