Gospel Reflections

Gospel Passage: John 3:14-21 Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him…

Gospel Passage: John 2:13-25 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the…

Gospel Passage: Mark 9:2-10 Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah and Moses, who were talking…

Gospel Passage: Mark 1:12-15 “After Jesus was baptized, the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the Angels waited on him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the Good News of God and saying, “The time is fulfilled,…

Gospel Passage: Mark 1:40-45 A man with leprosy came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling said to Jesus, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was…

Gospel Passage: Mark 1:29-39 As soon as Jesus and his disciples left the synagogue, the entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up.…

Gospel Passage: Mark 1:21-28 The disciples went to Capernaum; and when the Sabbath came, Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught the as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried…

Gospel Passage: Mark 1:14-20 “After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the good news.” As Jesus passed along the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting…

Gospel Passage: John 1:35-42 John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, there is the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?”…

Gospel Passage: Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising and have come to pay him homage.” When…