May 2022 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Ascension of the Lord, Yr C, May 29, 2022
Posted by John Wolf on 5/27/22
Back in my Secondary/High School years when I participated in Inter-House sports, I already had long legs and was involved in track and field. I remember being instructed by our relay race coach that it’s less important how fast one member of the relay team runs. The critical moment ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Yr C, May 22, 2022
Posted by John Wolf on 5/20/22
Compared to the Council of Jerusalem—the First Church Council, the document of which formed the First Reading of the Mass today—the Second Vatican Council produced hundreds of pages of conciliar and post-conciliar documents. Whether the final document of a council is a line, a paragraph or a textbook with ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Easter, Yr C, May 15, 2022
Posted by John Wolf on 5/13/22
It’ll take a grammarian to notice the ‘time clause’ introducing today’s Gospel reading: “When Judas had left….” Time clauses are used to express successive events that happened or will happen at a particular time. Hypothetically, the event wouldn’t happen at some other time. For example, “When I have free ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 4th Sunday of Easter, Yr C, May 8, 2022
Posted by John Wolf on 5/06/22
It was my mother’s birthday. I was in Rome and thinking how I would mark her birthday. As I listened to the BBC that morning, I heard of a new catacomb opened in Rome called the “Catacombs of Priscilla.” The newscaster had a number of women who were arguing ... Read More »