June 2025 archive of Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, Year C, June 29, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 6/28/25
“All saints are equal, but some are more equal than others.” Today, we celebrate the feast of the two greatest apostles, Peter and Paul. To accord them high ranks among the saints is not just to sound Orwellian or depict the chicanery of democratic socialism and the hypocrisy that ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year C, June 22, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 6/21/25
It was shocking when a few years ago, I told my RCIA (now OCIA) class, during our discussion on the Eucharist, that we are a cultic people. I could see their eyes double in size, and read the movement of their tight lips—“We belong to a cult?” In an ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Most Holy Trinity, Year C, June 15, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 6/13/25
A fellow passenger seated next to me on a train ride from Frankfurt to Vienna engaged me in a somewhat heated debate. He was a British tourist, and like me, he was visiting Vienna for a musical concert at the Mozart’s Hall. We first shared each others love for ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Pentecost Sunday, Year C, June 8, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 6/06/25
One thousand nine hundred and ninety two (1992) years is the count. That’s how long it has been since the Catholic Church came to birth, and today is her birthday. Before that first Pentecost day, the Church had lived in the ‘womb’ of the Spirit and had undergone varied ... Read More »