May 2023 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Pentecost Sunday, Yr A, May 28, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 5/26/23
It requires more than a course in public speaking to turn around minds and hearts caught in paralyzing fear. Several years after I became a priest, my mother revealed to me that one of her greatest concerns about my desire to become a priest was how her ‘Little Jo’ ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for The Ascension of the Lord, Yr A, May 21, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 5/19/23
We seem to have inside us a switch of rebellion turned on the moment someone tries to tell us what to do. Don’t we? We dislike the word “authority” and distrust or rather mistrust authority—from the authority of parents to those of teachers, the Church, the police, and, go ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Yr A, May 14, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 5/12/23
I recently learned from an episode in the History Channel something that baffled me: That right as we sit here today, there are coal fires burning underground in this country. Have you heard that before? It is said that some of the fires have burned for decades and there’s ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Easter, Yr A, May 7, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 5/05/23
I was invited for a presentation at a neighboring Protestant Church on the “500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.” One eloquent speaker narrated how Christians got along very harmoniously for 1400 years until the Catholic Church leadership got corrupt leading to the reformation that Fr. Martin Luther orchestrated. My ... Read More »