https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WR-10.25.mp3 Over the past few weeks, Jesus has been in conversations with religious leaders. Last week, the Pharisees and the Herodians attempted to trick Jesus with a question about taxes. Today’s reading picks up during the same conversation, after…
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Faith and Perspective — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WR-10.18.mp3 In today’s reading, Jesus is approached by the Pharisees and the Herodians. We know, from previous readings, that the Pharisees opposed Roman authority and the Herodians supported it. Despite these fundamental differences, the groups team up in an…
Humility Is a Virtue — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Week-Reflection-October-11-2020.mp3 Over the past two weeks we’ve followed Jesus’ confrontations with Jewish religious leaders. In today’s reading, their conversations continue. In another parable, Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a wedding feast. The story begins with a king,…
Find Inspiration in the Word of God — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/weekly-reflection-oct-4.mp3 In last week’s Gospel, we read about Jesus’ confrontation with the Jewish religious leaders. In today’s reading, we find a similar situation unfolding. Jesus shares another parable with the religious leaders. In it, a landowner sends his servants…
Actions Speak Louder Than Words — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weekly-reflection-audio-9.27.mp3 In today’s reading, Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem, and the Jewish leaders demand to know who grants his authority. Instead of offering a response, Jesus offers a parable. In it, a man directs his two sons to go…
Kindness, Abundance, and Equality for All — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WR-9.20.mp3 Today’s Gospel challenges us to question our own understanding of what is fair and just. In doing so, we can better understand God’s abundant generosity. Our reading begins in Judea, where Jesus recites the parable of the workers…
Forgive Anyway — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WR-9.13.mp3 In today’s reading, we learn the importance of forgiveness through the parable of the unforgiving servant. The story introduces us to a poor servant who’s in debt to his king. The servant pleads: “Be patient with me, and…
Forgive Anyway — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WR-9.13.mp3 In today’s reading, we learn the importance of forgiveness through the parable of the unforgiving servant. The story introduces us to a poor servant who’s in debt to his king. The servant pleads: “Be patient with me, and…
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Find Opportunity in Every Challenge — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/weekly-reflection-audio-9.6.mp3 Today’s reading comes from a chapter in Matthew’s Gospel. It is one of the rare occasions where he writes of Jesus directly referencing the Church. According to Matthew, Jesus does so to teach us about overcoming disputes within…
To Follow Jesus is to Follow the Cross — Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” To Follow Jesus is to Follow the Cross Matthew 16:21-27 In last week’s Gospel, Jesus calls Simon Peter the “rock” upon which his Church…
The Spirit of Christian Leadership – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WR-8.23.mp3 Today’s Gospel begins with a question. Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They respond that most believe Jesus is a prophet of Israel. Jesus then asks, “But who do you…
The Spirit of Christian Leadership – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WR-8.23.mp3 Today’s Gospel begins with a question. Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They respond that most believe Jesus is a prophet of Israel. Jesus then asks, “But who do you…
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God’s Love Is For All – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WR-8.16-.mp3 In today’s Gospel, a Canaanite woman approaches Jesus with a request. Her daughter is in need of healing, and she believes Jesus can help. The woman pleads with Jesus. To our surprise, Jesus turns her away, not once,…
With Time We Understand – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
Today’s Gospel follows the events of last week’s reading, where Jesus multiplied five loaves of bread and two fish into enough food to feed a crowd of 5,000. When the crowd disperses, he sends his disciples to journey ahead of…
With Time We Understand – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
Today’s Gospel follows the events of last week’s reading, where Jesus multiplied five loaves of bread and two fish into enough food to feed a crowd of 5,000. When the crowd disperses, he sends his disciples to journey ahead of…
Find Faith in Small Acts – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WR-8.02.mp3 Today’s Gospel follows the death of John the Baptist, executed by order of the king. After learning the news, Jesus embarks in search of solitary, but the crowds follow him. With them they bring no food or water,…
If the Truth is Present, You Will Find It – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WR-7.26.mp3 Today’s reading concludes the 14th Chapter of Matthew’s Gospel and leaves us with three additional parables to guide our faith. The first two speak of the Kingdom of Heaven and its value. In one story, a man discovers…
We Trust in God’s Expansiveness – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WR-7.19.mp3 In today’s Gospel we’re introduced to three parables: The Parable of the Weeds, The Parable of the Mustard Seed and The Parable of the Yeast. With words of both caution and comfort, Jesus invites us to deepen our…
With Healthy Soil, All Can Flourish – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WR-7.12.mp3 Over the course of the next few weeks, our readings introduce us to a series of parables. Entwined with lessons of faith, each is meant to deepen our understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven. Today’s reading begins with…
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Carrying the Burdens of Others – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WR-7.05.mp3 In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives thanks to God for revealing himself to the downtrodden instead of the wise and educated. It’s also in today’s reading that we further explore the unity between the Father and the Son. Those…
Let Us Be Signs of God’s Love – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WR-6.28-audio.mp3 It’s through the Gospel that we come to understand the many challenges Jesus’ disciples faced. But as we explore today, to choose any one thing wholeheartedly does not come without consequences. When the disciples chose life with Christ,…
Surrendering Ourselves to Others – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WR-6.21.mp3 In the time between last week’s Gospel and the passage we read today, Jesus predicts that his 12 disciples will face challenges as they set out to proclaim the kingdom of heaven—communities will not accept them and even…
Surrendering Ourselves to Others – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WR-6.21.mp3 In the time between last week’s Gospel and the passage we read today, Jesus predicts that his 12 disciples will face challenges as they set out to proclaim the kingdom of heaven—communities will not accept them and even…
Following in Jesus’ Footsteps – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
https://cmmb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WR-6.14.mp3 Tune into our audio version of the weekly reflection above! Today’s Gospel takes place after Jesus performs a miracle in front of a group of onlookers. With only five barley loaves and two fish, Jesus produces enough nourishment…
Lead with God’s Love – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
Today is Trinity Sunday, the day we celebrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons. The focus of the reading is the mystery of the Holy Spirit. God the Father: Out of love for the world, sent…
A Quiet Moment of Reflection
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Let Us Be Agents of Peace – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
The Easter Season ends with the Feast of Pentecost and with it the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem. This event marks the beginning of the Church. As we heard in…
Opportunities to Connect – Your Weekly Catholic Reflection from CMMB
Today’s Gospel reading is a prayer which occurred at the conclusion of Jesus’ Last Supper address to his disciples. In the prayer, Jesus expresses care and concern for his disciples and reaffirms his union with the father. Jesus’ life and…
“I Am the Way and the Truth and the Life.”– Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
Today’s Gospel, on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, tells of a story before Jesus’ Passion. Jesus tells his disciples that he is going to prepare a place for them in his Father’s house. He promises his disciples that where he…
ON THE LINE: A mother’s reflection
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Showing God’s Love by Helping Others – Your Weekly Reflection from CMMB
The Gospel today continues on from last week’s Gospel where Jesus is speaking to his disciples at the Last Supper. In today’s Gospel, Jesus offers encouragement to his disciples, reassuring them that he will send an advocate — the Holy…