June 2023 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, June 25, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 6/23/23
Dare to be a Jeremiah? You’ll become an object of vicious, merciless attack. Try saying that something considered evil or immoral ten years ago is still so, you’ll be scurrilously denounced by the enforcers of modern orthodoxy in the media and academia. The tyranny with which the new police ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, June 18, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 6/16/23
Nine out of ten funerals in which I have presided in the past ten years have had the song “On Eagle’s Wings” sung at the Mass or service. When Fr. Michael Joncas wrote the song, it was his way of consoling his friend Doug Hall, who got the news ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Yr A, June 11, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 6/09/23
Every living creature seeks to assuage the hunger instinct. Humans, in addition, seek shelter and clothing. Birds, rabbits, and a few other creatures seek shelter as well, but have no interest in clothing. Several other animal species spend entire life doing nothing but search for food and drink. For ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for The Most Holy Trinity, Yr A, June 4, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 6/02/23
Around the year AD 200, one of the early Church Fathers, by name Tertullian used the word “Trinity” to describe God. 125 years later, at the Council of Nicaea, the Church adopted this term in expressing God’s nature as we proclaim every Sunday when we recite the Nicene Creed. ... Read More »