March 2025 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, “Laetare Sunday" , Year C, March 30, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 3/29/25
Suppose you have two $50 bills, one rumpled and dirty and the other crisp. Which of them has a higher value when you go to deposit them? I guess you know the answer. The difference between a bad person who returns to God and a good person in the ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year C, March 23, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 3/20/25
I’m not too familiar with baseball; but years ago when I tried to learn the rudiments of baseball and how to swing the bat, I gathered from my little friend who tried to teach me that, three swings and three misses means you’re on your way to the dugout. ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Second Sunday in Lent, Year C, March 16, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 3/15/25
Our Lenten journey takes us from the temptation desert of last Sunday to today’s mountain of Transfiguration. Our leader in this journey is no other than the Son of God who wants to be sure that before He leaves us to return to the Father, we must have experienced ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the First Sunday in Lent, Year C, March 9, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 3/08/25
Someone approached me on Ash Wednesday to inquire what he could give up for Lent. Before I could say a word, he started dishing out a laundry list of behaviors he thought could be on his list: Pornography, smoking, lying, speeding, messing around with women, and hatred of Hispanics. ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, March 2, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 3/01/25
The 8th Sunday in Ordinary time often serves as the springboard into Lent, or the end of the runway from which we take-off for our Lenten and Easter flight. For the next twelve weeks, we shall traverse the spiritual terrain of Lent and Easter before touching down again on ... Read More »