Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year C, April 6, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 4/04/25
They call it the story of the “Stone Never Thrown,” demonstrating God’s compassion, repudiation of the judgment of the world, the last statement in rejection of the thirst for blood in death penalty, and call to abandonment of sin. The charade orchestrated by Jesus’ enemies appeared as an inescapable ... Read More »
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 »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, February 23, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 2/22/25
If you thought last Sunday’s Gospel was challenging, today’s Gospel from Luke 6:27-38 is a jawbreaker. The words we heard today are not the kind we would love to hear every day. When told about someone else, they sound too good to be true. For example, someone would wonder ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, February 16, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 2/15/25
Show by the raise of hand if you would love to be poor, starving, weeping, and hated by everyone. I’m sure many would not want those. Show by the raise of hand if you would love to be rich, well fed, laughing and well-spoken of by all. Those who ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, February 9, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 2/08/25
One of the primary decisions someone starting a business makes is to choose partners who will serve as both founding members, associates and employees. In a style characteristic of Luke, Jesus goes out in search of partners and wouldn’t pick them from among the armchair “professors,” aka, rabbis who ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Presentation of the Lord, Year C, February 2, 2025
Posted by John Wolf on 1/30/25
As he did on the walls of our Livingroom, my father wrote catchphrases and dates on the wall of his own bedroom. February 2, 1946 was a remarkable date on the wall by his bedside. It reminded him of his greatest regret or failure in life. That was the ... Read More »