Gospel Reflections

Our parish sends a weekly Gospel Reflection written by our clergy.

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Scroll below to read our most recent Gospel Reflections.

  • Gospel Reflection Nov 1 – Fr. Fox
    Solemnity of All Saints Matthew 5:1-12a Gospel: When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Oct 25 – Deacon Paul Zemanek
    October 25, 2026 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:34-40 Gospel: When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”  He said to him, “You shall love the Lord,…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Oct 18 – Fr. Black
    Sunday, October 18 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:15-21 Gospel: The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.  They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Oct 11 – Deacon Frank Iannarino
    Sunday, October 11 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:1-14 Gospel: Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Oct 4 – Kim VanHuffel
    Sunday, October 4th Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 21:33-43 Gospel: Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Sept 27 – Fr. Carter
    Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 21:28-32 Gospel: Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards changed his mind…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Sept 20 – Fr. Fox
    Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 20:1-16a Gospel: Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o’clock, the landowner…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Sept 13 – Deacon Paul Zemanek
    Sunday, September 13 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 18:21-35 Gospel: Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Sept 6 – Fr. Black
    Sunday, September 6 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 18:15-20 Gospel: Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Aug 30 – Deacon Frank Iannarino
    Sunday, August 30 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16:21-27 Gospel: Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection Aug 2 – Deacon Paul Zemanek
    Sunday, August 2 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 14: 13-21 Gospel: When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection July 17 – Deacon Frank Iannarino
    Sunday, July 19 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13: 24-43 Gospel: Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off….Read More
  • Gospel Reflection July 12 – Kim VanHuffel
    Sunday, July 12 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13: 1-23 Gospel: On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. And he spoke to them…Read More
  • Gospel Reflection June 21 – Deacon Paul Zemanek
    Sunday, June 21 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 10: 26-33 Gospel: Jesus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops….Read More
  • Gospel Reflection June 14 – Fr. Black
    Sunday, June 14 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 9:36-10:8 Gospel: At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master…Read More