November 2025 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent, Year A, November 30, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 11/28/25
In his Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis has a line of reflection for people slow to turn from evil and reform their lives: Student-devils were getting prepared to be dispatched to the earth to complete their coursework in causing mayhem. Satan held a one-on-one interview with each of them. To ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Year, Year C, November 23, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 11/28/25
For a Hebrew person, the name David represented strength, wisdom, conquest, leadership. Despite his recorded moral misadventures, the Jews remember him as their most illustrious leader. When they suffered terrible persecution under foreign rulers who enslaved and oppressed them, they remembered David and hoped for a king with the ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, November 16, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 11/14/25
The clock in my office won’t work, even after replacing the batteries, so I went to buy a new clock. Getting back to the car, I saw a ticket tucked to the windshield, which got me really upset! I exited the vehicle to check whether I had parked wrongly ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Year C, November 9, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 11/06/25
Today, we celebrate the consecration of one of our most holy places in Christendom called St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome—the cathedral church of the pope, and the Mother Church of all churches in the world. Some think it a mistake when they hear that St. John Lateran—not St. ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Soul's Day), Year C, November 2, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 11/01/25
On a certain All Souls’ Day, I asked parishioners how many of them would love to go to purgatory, and nearly every hand in the church went up. While I was edified by their faith in the purifying grace of purgatory, I asked them to aim instead to go ... Read More »