Gospel Reflections

Gateway to Life: Scott Hahn on the 21st Sunday Jesus doesn’t answer the question put to Him in this Sunday’s Gospel. It profits us nothing to speculate on how many will be saved. What we need to know is what He tells us today—how to enter into salvation and how…

Consuming Fire: Scott Hahn on the 20th Sunday Our God is a consuming fire, the Scriptures tell us (see Hebrews 12:29; Deuteronomy 4:24). And in this week’s Gospel, Jesus uses the image of fire to describe the demands of discipleship. The fire He has come to cast on the earth…

Faith of Our Fathers: Scott Hahn on the 19th Sunday We are born of the faith of our fathers, descending from a great cloud of witnesses whose faith is attested to on every page of Scripture (see Hebrews 12:1). We have been made His people, chosen for His own inheritance,…

The Fool’s Vanity: Scott Hahn on the 18th Sunday Trust in God—as the Rock of our salvation, as the Lord who made us His chosen people, as our shepherd and guide. This should be the mark of our following of Jesus. Like the Israelites we recall in this week’s Psalm…

Asked and Answered: Scott Hahn on the 17th Sunday Though we be “but dust and ashes,” we can presume to draw near and speak boldly to our Lord, as Abraham dares to do in this week’s First Reading. But even Abraham—the friend of God (see Isaiah 41:8), our father in…

Waiting on the Lord: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 16th Sunday God wants to dwell with each of us personally, intimately—as the mysterious guests once visited Abraham’s tent, as Jesus once entered the home of Mary and Martha. By his hospitality in this week’s First Reading, Abraham shows us how…

What We Must Do: Scott Hahn on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time We are to love God and our neighbor with all the strength of our being, as the scholar of the Law answers Jesus in this week’s Gospel. This command is nothing remote or mysterious—it’s already written in…

Harvest Time: Scott Hahn on the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus has a vision in this week’s Gospel: Satan falling like lightning from the sky, the enemy vanquished by the missionary preaching of His Church. Sent out by Jesus to begin gathering the nations into the harvest of divine…

Beneath the Surface People have a lot of opinions about God. But when the world asks, “Who do you say that Jesus is?” We know the answer. Will we speak up? Some Say. At first, the Apostles try to dodge the question. When Jesus confronts them — and make no…

Blessed and Given: Scott Hahn on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ At the dawn of salvation history, God revealed our future in figures. That’s what’s going on in today’s First Reading: a priest-king comes from Jerusalem (see Psalm 76:3), offering bread and wine to…