Reflections
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter A, May 17, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
I recently learned from watching an episode in the History Channel something that baffled me: That right as we sit here today, there are coal fires burning underground in this country. Have you heard that before? It is said that some of the fires ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter A (Mother’s Day), May 10, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
Happy Mother’s Day to all our moms. We’re grateful for all your love and care!
Since the news media became purveyors of propaganda, I stopped watching them and just read as much news as I need. Currently I juggle from the EWTN to the soccer channel. I also ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 4th Sunday of Easter A, May 2, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
It was my mother’s birthday. I was far away in Rome thinking of the most appropriate way to mark her birthday in a foreign land. Still unable to understand Italian, I tuned to the BBC that morning and heard of a new catacomb that ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for the 3rd Sunday of Easter A, April 26 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
Emmaus was a city in the Shephelah or “lowland” of Palestine, noted for several historic conquests by the Jews. In 166 BC, it was the site of the victory of Judas over Gorgias, recorded in First Maccabees 4:1-22, where we also find the first ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Divine Mercy Sunday A, April 19, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
You’ll perhaps think that if after His resurrection, Jesus had shown Himself to more people besides His disciples, everyone would have believed that He rose from the dead. If on that Easter morning, He had flown straight to the palace of Herod, then to Pilate, then to Caiaphas, then ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Easter Sunday Year A, April 12, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
The words of the Psalmist reverberate: “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!” Can we really rejoice during a pandemic? As hopeless as things seem in the world today, today’s feast echoes a tune of rejoicing, marking the greatest event ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Reflection for Easter Vigil A, April 11, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
What is the greatest event in your life? What news would you hear tonight and it eclipses all the worries and fears in your life? Is it news of a job, your dream job? How about news that a vaccine, and in fact, a cure for the coronavirus has ... Read More »
Fr. Jo's Homily Good Friday, April 10, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
The reason Good Friday presents an unsettled paradox for many is that the name “Good Friday” does not make any material sense. No one says that a murder crime is a good thing or gives the attribution of good to the day it was committed. But we are ... Read More »
Fr. Jo’s Reflection for Holy Thursday, April 9, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
I greet all of you as we begin the sacred Triduum of the Paschal Mystery, that is: the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection. The Paschal Triduum is a three-day period that begins this evening with the Anniversary of the First Mass, that is, the Institution of the Blessed ... Read More »
Fr. Jo’s Reflection for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, April 5, 2020
Posted by John Wolf on 5/17/20
The liturgical name for today is Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, juxtaposing the victory of redemptive love and the fatality of ancient pride. Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday marks the beginning of the Christian Holy Week after the long period of Lenten fast and prayer. ... Read More »