March 2021 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Palm Sunday Yr B, March 28th, 2021
Posted by John Wolf on 3/26/21
A victory march ends in a torture chamber; a palm parade turns into an execution march? That’s Palm Sunday. 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 laurels consistent ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Lent Yr B, March 21th, 2021
Posted by John Wolf on 3/19/21
I listened to a speech recently in which the speaker used the expression, “Wrong Way Corrigan” and I searched what that expression meant. That expression was how the media on July 18, 1938 dubbed a flight by aviator, Douglas Corrigan, who initiated a flight from Floyd Bennett Field in ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 4th Sunday of Lent Yr B, March 14th, 2021
Posted by John Wolf on 3/13/21
Like Advent, Lent 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. In Advent it is called Gaudete Sunday; in Lent we call the Rose Sunday, Laetare Sunday, taken from the first word ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 3rd Sunday of Lent Yr B, March 7th, 2021
Posted by John Wolf on 3/05/21
I’m not interested in Wall Street; kindly excuse my nonchalance. The DOW and NASDAQ may go up or down all they want; I’ll be unmoved. Don’t be shocked at my confession. My attitude isn’t that of a dimwit uninformed about the workings of an economic system. My ignorance is ... Read More »