Gospel Reflections by Fr. Jerome Magat
A collection of Sunday Mass homilies and lectures on the Catholic faith
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Sunday Sep 01, 2024 The Gift of the Moral Law
Mk 7:1-8, 21-23
Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, 2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. 3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders; 4and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.) 5And…
Sunday Aug 25, 2024 Why Many No Longer Accompany Jesus
Jn 6:60-69
60Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? 63It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64But there are some of you that do not believe.” For Jesus knew…
Sunday Aug 18, 2024 The Necessity of Receiving the Lord Worthily
Jn 6:51-51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” 52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood…