Gospel Reflections

Something New: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday of Lent The Liturgy this Lent has shown us the God of the Exodus. He is a mighty and gracious God, Who out of faithfulness to His covenant has done “great things” for His people, as today’s Psalm puts it. But…

Examination of Conscience Examination of Conscience by Kathy Schiffer for senior citizens, based on the capital sins and cardinal virtues... Have I practiced the virtue of Chastity? Have I permitted myself to watch movies or daytime television shows which are not edifying, which depict sexual scenarios or which advocate for…

Forty Days: Scott Hahn on the 1st Sunday in Lent In today’s epic Gospel scene, Jesus relives in His flesh the history of Israel. We’ve already seen that, like Israel, Jesus has passed through water and been called God’s beloved Son (see Luke 3:22; Exodus 4:22). Now, as Israel was…

Heart and Mouth: Scott Hahn on the 8th Eighth Sunday In today’s readings we hear Jesus speaking in Galilee as well as a Jewish sage named Sirach writing in Jerusalem more than a century earlier. The two of them touch upon a single truth: The words that come out of…

Davids and Sauls: Scott Hahn on the 7th Sunday The story of David and Saul in today’s First Reading functions almost like a parable. Showing mercy to his deadly foe, David gives a concrete example of what Jesus expects to become a way of life for His disciples. The new…

Rich in Poverty: Scott Hahn on the 6th Sunday The blessings and woes we hear in today’s Gospel mark the perfection of all the wisdom of the Old Testament. That wisdom is summed up with marvelous symmetry in today’s First Reading and Psalm: Each declares that the righteous—those who hope…

Into the Deep: Scott Hahn on the 5th Sunday Simon Peter, the fisherman, is the first to be called personally by Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. His calling resembles Isaiah’s commissioning in the First Reading: confronted with the holiness of the Lord, both Peter and Isaiah are overwhelmed by a sense…

In the Wedding: Scott Hahn on the 2nd Sunday Think of these first weeks after Christmas as a season of “epiphanies.” The liturgy is showing us who Jesus is and what He has revealed about our relationship with God. Last week and the week before, the imagery was royal and…