Homeless Catholic Reflections
Weekly reflections for December 21, 2024
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Tim Trainor: Luke elevates women
John Pearring: As Christmas Letters go
Older Reflections:
Steve Hall: Greatest of the prophets
Steve Leininger: Are you Elijah?
Lou Occhi: Jesus hung 'back' on a tree
Tim Trainor: Who is the fig tree gardener?
Norm McGraw: You are God’s building
Ron Bruni: Persistence, Prayer, & Kingdom
Steve Hessman: Not a single act
Luke gives a prominent place to women
Luke mentions 13 women in his Gospel not spoken of in other Gospels
By Tim Trainor
Click here to read Tim Trainor's reflection from December 21, 2024. Here's an excerpt:
This Sunday's Gospel reading is the same one as we just read on Saturday because, Sunday Mass Gospel readings are on a different schedule than weekday Mass readings. Thus, repeated Gospel readings may occur. If you went to Mass on Saturday, you will hear Luke 1:39-45 (the Visitation Narrative, the subject of my Reflection below) repeated as the Gospel on Sunday. Lucky you!
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Tim Trainor’s reflections: He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. (Luke 5:27)
As Christmas letters go ...
This one is too grim, too soon, and yet, I pray, not too hopeful
Click here to read John Pearring’s reflection from December 21, 2024. Here's an excerpt:
As you can imagine, we’re all still reeling and in pain from the loss of our oldest daughter, Jocelyn Nydam Redfern, on June 23. Jesus’ rising again is what we grasp for our daughter, too. A promise we believe will be kept.
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John Pearring’s reflections: He said to them, “Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." (Luke 10:2)
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