Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 23rd Sunday of Yr A, September 6th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 9/06/20
Today’s gospel should set straight any doubts you may have whether Jesus intended to found a Church, organized with set rules and guidelines for conduct and behavior. He clearly describes step by step approach for handling disputes. What do we do when someone gets ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 22nd Sunday of Yr A, August 30th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 8/30/20
Do you want to see how a rock can turn into a stumbling block? You can see that in the life of Simon Peter. Last Sunday, the Lord Jesus praised his incredible faith and heavenly intuition. Today the rock turns into a stumbling block ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 21st Sunday of Yr A, August 23rd, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 8/23/20
The first time my mother gave me the key to our house, she made it seem as if I was being handed the nuclear code. It happened on that particular day that I was to get home before everyone else, so she had to ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 20th Sunday of Yr A, August 16th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 8/16/20
Did you feel uncomfortable hearing today’s gospel? You’re not alone. However, it’s only when considered as a human equal would the words of Jesus in today’s gospel appear callous, indifferent and insulting. But when we consider that He was the first to strip Himself ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 19th Sunday of Yr A, August 9th, 2020.
Posted by John Wolf on 8/10/20
It is customary for tourists to the Holy Land to take a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee, the sea on which Jesus walked in today’s gospel. A certain tourist from our country US wanted such a ride and was told by the boatman that the fare was ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 18th Sunday of Yr A, August 2, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 8/02/20
The miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fish is so central to the Gospel that it appears in all four Gospels. The miracle draws a contrast between worldly banquets and heavenly feasts; worldly banquets: represented by Herod’s birthday celebration, and heavenly feast: represented ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 17th Sunday of Yr A, July 26, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 7/26/20
For the past three Sundays, we have focused on the Parables of the Kingdom, with Jesus using several stories drawn primarily from the agricultural setting to illustrate the eternal value of the kingdom and the urgency to attain it. The soil that enabled the ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 16th Sunday of Yr A, July 19, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 7/19/20
During the planting season, my mother taught us to plant the corn in a straight line and about 46 centimeters or a foot and half apart from each other. When the corn starts to sprout, we were prohibited from helping with the weeding. My mother ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 15th Sunday of Yr A, July 12, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 7/12/20
I want to make a public confession: Some of the best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who is the love of my life, though she’s someone else’s wife. But before you stray too far in thought, that woman was my mother, ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 14th Sunday of Yr A, July 5th, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 7/05/20
After I became the rector of Holy Family Cathedral, I read through the annals of the cathedral and learned how my predecessor, Fr. Heiring assembled parishioners of Holy Family Church to break the grounds for the Church that is now the cathedral. At that ... Read More »