Year B Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6John 15:9-17 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter…  were astounded…  that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out…  even on…  wait for it… the Gentiles…  those within the Inner Circle…  were astounded that the Holy Spirit would dare fall on those...

Year B Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:24-30 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 I continue to be surprised…  sometimes…  by the ways in which we as theological consumers…  too often discount the value of the biblical treasure which comes our way…  it’s almost like selling diamonds at the price of spinach…  the ways in which we…...

Year B Acts 4:5-12 Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… Literary philosopher René Girard described the scapegoat mechanism…  as a ritual to transfer onto an animal…  everything likely to poison relations between members of the community…  and its effectiveness was based in...

Year B Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… It’s the second Sunday of Easter…  and Eastertide lasts until May 23… until Pentecost…  so we have several more Sundays to reflect on the paschal mystery…  on the death and resurrection of...

Year B Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… We learn…  we grow…  we accomplish goals…  we reach milestones in our lives…  like the tick marks on the kitchen door frame that record how tall we were at the beginning...