Faith is Trying Father Pothin’s Reflection for Sunday May 21, 2017 The early Christians had faith that worked wonders. These believers performed signs, prayed, shared everything, heaped generosity, worked hard every day, praised God, and won new recruits. They even got along with each other, judging from the accounts of the early chapters of the Read more …
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Mother’s Day 2017
Mother’s Day Father Pothin’s Reflection for May 14, 2017 Let’s take a moment, as our nation celebrates Mother’s Day, to reflect on the spiritual meaning and mission of motherhood. By mother in this reflection, I refer to every person who has assumed a mothering figure in our life: Our biological mother, stepmother, adoptive mother, spiritual Read more …
Easter Sunday and the Meaning of Holy Week
Easter Sunday and the Meaning of Holy Week Father Pothin’s Reflection for Easter Sunday (April 16, 2017) The first Holy Week, by the plan of God, was the most important week in the life of Jesus Christ. This Holy Week, likewise, should be the most important week in the entire year for each one of Read more …
Palms on Sunday! Why?
Palms on Sunday! Why? Father Pothin’s Reflection for Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017 Palms on Sunday – why? Because on this day, throughout the world and across the centuries, people of every age, with palms on their streets and hands, acclaim him, crying out: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the Read more …
Why Do You Not Believe Me?
Why Do You Not Believe Me? Father Pothin’s Reflection for Sunday, April 2, 2017 Jesus asks the Jews: “Why do you not believe me”? This Sunday’s gospel talks about faith as acceptance of, or the return to God; two aspects of faith: Individual and ecclesial (community). The individual aspect is reflected by, or seen in, Read more …
Bread of Life
Bread of life Father Pothin’s Reflection for March 26, 2017 God promised that he will feed his people well with the bread of life. Given this promise, the story in the Gospel reading appointed for this Sunday makes perfect sense: Jesus feeds the people who come to him with bread. The scene for the miraculous Read more …
Sequela Christi – Following Christ
SEQUELA CHRISTI – Following Christ Father Pothin’s Reflection for February 19, 2016 Sequela Christi. Last week in my weekly reflection, I said that the Pre-Lent season is a time of preparation for the great fast of Lent. Fasting helps us experience our part in the passion (suffering) of Jesus. The Stations of the Cross, also Read more …
Reflecting on the Pre-Lent Season
Reflecting on the Pre-Lent Season Father Pothin’s Reflection for Sunday, February 12, 2017 This is the season of Pre-Lent. People often don’t look forward to Lent. Childhood memories of giving up candy or sitting through weekly Stations of the Cross come immediately to mind. Words like “sacrifice,” “discipline,” and “self-denial” are often used in ways that suggest Read more …
Sometimes God Says “Not Yet”
“Not Yet” Sometimes God Demands Patience Father Pothin’s Reflection for Sunday, February 5, 2017 Last Wednesday at the mass of the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we heard that Simeon was a holy waiter; he lived waiting to see the consolation of his people Israel. Today’s parable of the Wheat and the Weeds, or Tares, Read more …
Lord I Am Not Worthy
Lord, I am not worthy . . . . Reflection of Father Pothin for Sunday, January 29, 2017 Lord, I am not worthy. We say these words at every mass, but what they mean? This prayer comes after the words of the priest, “Behold the Lamb of God, and behold Him who takes away the Read more …
