Browsing the February 2015 archive of Blog, Gospel Readings & Homilies
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 9: 2-10)…Weekend of 2/28-3/1/2015 …The Second Week of Lent
Posted by John Craver on 2/26/15
This weekend we see Jesus in a way that we have never seen Him before. He goes up to a mountain top with just a few of His friends and, before their very eyes, He is “transfigured,” with His clothes turning dazzling white. In this story Jesus is revealed as a ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 2: 21-22)…Weekend of 2/21-22/2015 …The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 2/22/15
From our earliest days we learned about “prayer.” When we were younger, we were taught to memorize prayers like the Sign of the Cross, the Our Father, the Hail Mary. I remember that coming quite easily actually. My mother made sure that I knew those prayers by heart at an early age. As ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 1: 40-45)…Weekend of 2/14-15/2015 …The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 2/12/15
I don’t know about you, but I remember hearing about “leprosy” when I was in grade school at St. John the Evangelist in Syracuse. The sisters told us about Father Damien and Sister Marianne Cope ofm ( a Franciscan Sister from Syracuse, NY!!!) and how they ministered to the people ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 1: 29-39)…Weekend of 2/7-8/2015 …The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 2/06/15
Jesus was all about service. When a need presented itself, He responded without thought of how tired He might have been. This weekend’s passage from the Holy Gospel gives us a glimpse of what an “ordinary day” was in the life of Jesus. Once His fame and “healing reputation” spread throughout the ... Read More »