Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 4/04/20
Today is the Passion Sunday or, the Palm Sunday. On this day the Church celebrates Christ’s triumphant entrance into the city of Jerusalem to accomplish his paschal mystery on the cross. Palm Sunday also marks the beginning of the Holy Week. Between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, is the ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 4/04/20
Daily Reflection- Saturday, April 4th, 2020
In today’s First Reading (Ezekiel 37:21-28), we hear of God making a covenant promise to the Israelites: “I will put my sanctuary among them forever. My dwelling shall be with them”. In today’s Gospel Reading (John 10:31-42), Saint John the Evangelist attests to ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 4/02/20
Daily Reflection- Friday, April 3rd, 2020
Christ the Good Shepherd
We are in the final days leading to Holy Week. This weekend we will commemorate Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. A week from today we will remember the passion, death, and the glorious resurrection of Christ ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 4/01/20
Daily Reflection- Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC no.146) describes faith as “a gratuitous gift from God, and an assent of our of our will to the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”. Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio (c. 1603)
In today’s First Reading (Genesis 17: 3-9), God promises “to make Abraham the Father of a host of nations”. Abraham responds by putting his faith in God and trusts that what is promised will be fulfilled. Indeed, Isaac, the son-heir, is born to Abraham and Sarah, out of what had previously been a barren relationship. Thus, from Isaac, Abraham’s descendants extend through King David, down to Joseph, husband of Mary, mother of Jesus, the Savior of the world. This is the salvation history of which Jesus reminds his listeners in today’s Gospel Reading (John 8: 51-59). Where faith is, nothing is impossible for ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 3/31/20
Daily Reflection- Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
Today’s Readings (Daniel 3:14-20, 91-95; John 8:31-42), reveal to us the kind of freedom God desires for each of us.
It is the freedom by which Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, courageously chose to die for the love of God, rather than bowing to ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 3/29/20
Daily Reflection- Monday, March 30th, 2020
In today’s Readings (Daniel 13:1-62; John 8: 1-11), we are called to place our hope in the Lord, in all life situations.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Susanna and the Elders, 1647
We hear of two women who found hope in God in their ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 3/28/20
Jesus said to Martha: “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”
The Readings of the 5th Sunday of Lent are filled with scenes of human frailties (Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45)
The First Reading tells us of the suffering ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 3/27/20
Daily Reflection- Friday, March 27th, 2020
Today’s Readings (Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22; John 7:1-30), challenge us to live by the truth, even when it is not well received.
In the First Reading from the book of wisdom, we hear of the “Just One”, who is persecuted for speaking and living ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 3/25/20
Daily Reflection- Thursday, March 26th, 2020
The central message from today’s Readings is that there is no limit to God’s gift of mercy.
In the First Reading (Ex 32:7-14) we hear of the people of Israel, having been liberated from slavery in Egypt, they responded with ingratitude and infidelity by ... Read More »
Posted by Mrs Oksana Zagorodniuk on 3/25/20
Daily Reflection- Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation. (Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38)
On this day the Church commemorates the coming of the Archangel Gabriel to announce to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she was to be the Mother of the promised Redeemer. ... Read More »