Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A November 15th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 11/14/20
You may have heard someone or some people say they were mad at God; maybe, you are, too. Someone once complained: “God, you told us to ask and we shall receive. I’ve been asking for years that I should win the state lottery, but you have turned a deaf ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 32nd Sunday Yr A November 8th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 11/06/20
As the liturgical year winds down, Jesus employs the imagery of a wedding feast to teach about the coming Kingdom of God. The Jewish marriage setting very closely mirrors the Wedding Feast of the Lamb that is to come at the end. I also find a similarity between the ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for All Saints Yr A, November 1st, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 10/31/20
I do not have to demonstrate to any keen observer of current affairs that families today look a lot different than those of our forebears. If you doubt it, ask your parents or grandparents. To use a few examples, many families today are having fewer children but living in ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 30th Sunday Yr A, October 25th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 10/23/20
Like many Americans, I do have serious reservations about the present-day leadership of our country; yet, as election approaches, it doesn’t take a seer to observe the effort by the major media houses, tech companies and the academia to influence the outcome of the ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 29th Sunday of Yr A, October 18th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 10/18/20
Do you know the origin of the term rabbit hole? Those days when kids were allowed to be kids, they engaged in several games, tricks and sports by themselves outside the home. When they go to hunt rabbits their greatest luck is if they ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 28th Sunday of Yr A, October 11th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 10/11/20
That God can invite us for a dinner doesn’t clearly meet our grasp. We think God could invite us to prayer, Mass, confession, but not dinner where there’s eating and drinking, dancing and merriment. We’re raised with the idea that Mass is very serious ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 27th Sunday of Yr A, October 4th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 10/04/20
If you’re familiar with the Aesop’s Fables, you’ll know the legend of The Dog with a Bone. In the legend, a greedy dog finds a bone, and in bid to enjoy it alone searches for a deserted place. His flight took him as far ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 26th Sunday of Yr A, September 27th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 9/27/20
No one should pray to have any of these two boys for an ideal son. You won’t want a son who would say a blunt ‘no’ to your face when you ask him to do something that’s his responsibility. Even if he goes on ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 25th Sunday of Yr A, September 20th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 9/20/20
Did you notice the labor dispute that erupted in today’s gospel? Labor leaders express their dismay at what they perceive as the disproportionate manner in which this employer decides to compensate workers. “It’s not fair,” they grumbled, “for people who worked a full days-shift to ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 24th Sunday of Yr A, September 13th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 9/13/20
Have you got yourself in a spell of anger and revenge? Have you found yourself using these expressions: “I’ll surely get even with him,” “I’d be a fool if I let her get away with it,” “Forgive? Are you kidding me?” Wrath, anger, vengeance ... Read More »