Reflections for June 2023

Jeremiah lived about 5000 years ago. His world sounds very familiar. There is a lot of denouncing going on, and people trying to get back at their enemies. This was the world as they understood it and, not surprisingly, God is described as fitting into it. He will look out for his own and damn […]

We are used to the connection between the first of our readings and the gospel reading, while second often follows its own independent path. But today the more obvious connection is between the first and second readings. Both talk of the relationship of God with his people (Ex 19:2-6a). At the beginning the Israelites, through

I suspect the early Christians would have found the idea of a feast specifically devoted to the Body and Blood of Christ a little strange. For them the idea of participation in the Body and Blood of the Lord was built into their routine. It was a part of their life, extraordinary and completely routine.

Easter is over, and we return to “Ordinary” Time. But not quite. We still have two more big feasts. Next week is the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, and today of the Holy Trinity. It’s like Easter continues to echo or reverberate for another couple of weeks before we get back to