July 2023 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, July 30, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 7/28/23
It has been quite a journey through Jesus’ Parables of the Kingdom as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 13. The sequence of the parabolic sayings needs to be pulled together as a tapestry in order to connect them with the idea underpinning the sayings, namely, the gift ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, July 23, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 7/21/23
Paul Harvey was a famous radio talk show host, who told stories of famous people in such a way that his listeners won’t be able to predict the subject of his story until the very end. Paul would describe a kid who failed Math class many times, only to ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, July 17, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 7/14/23
I confess that some of the best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was someone else’s wife. That woman was my mother, Priscilla. (I’ll spare you from straying too far in thought). Compared to the soil on which the sower sowed the ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, July 9, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 7/07/23
It’s been three months since Palm Sunday, and the first reading today reminds us about a familiar event. At the entrance liturgy of Palm Sunday, we read from the prophet Zephaniah: “Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion; shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you, ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A, July 2, 2023
Posted by John Wolf on 6/30/23
I’ll do my best to explain simply what we signed up for when we became Christian: 1) We’ll love Jesus more than our father, mother, son, daughter, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, brother, sister, nation, tribe; 2) We must love Jesus more than ourselves: personal needs, desires, comfort, and possessions; and ... Read More »