Student Gospel Reflections

Nov 18, 2018

The Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Peter Nguyen, UF Student

“At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; it shall be a time unsurpassed in distress…” (Daniel 12:1). When I hear this verse from the Book of Daniel, I…

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Nov 7, 2018

The Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Thomas Boyle, UF Student

Hypocrisy, vanity, pretentiousness. Jesus goes after them all in today’s Gospel reading. We see two distinct teachings of Christ here, firstly a public criticism of hypocritical religious…

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Nov 7, 2018

The Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Evan Cowie, UF Student

All things have their end in God. We are created to be in eternal union with Him, and He alone can provide the satisfaction we so desperately seek. He’s the only one that can fill that peculiarly…

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Nov 7, 2018

The Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Thomas Mooney

We need to be more like Bartimaeus. It is tempting, when we believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good God, to sit back and expect the Lord to cater to our needs while we sit in waiting. In our lives…

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Nov 7, 2018

The Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Peter Nguyen, UF Student

In the first reading today, we hear the prophet Isaiah say, “If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the Lord shall be…

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Nov 7, 2018

The Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Thomas Boyle, UF Student

“All things are possible for God.”
(Matthew 10:27)

This phrase will likely evoke one of two reactions for you: “Yeah, of course” or “What a nice sounding superstition.” What is it that…

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Nov 7, 2018

The Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Evan Cowie, UF Student

Who are we, really — what exactly are we as humans? Are we simply another animal, or some senseless pile of amino acids that just so happen to move? Are we a byproduct of an unknowing chance…

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Oct 1, 2018

The Twenty- Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Thomas Mooney, UF Student

The Gospel for today is one that we must take to heart as the Church combats the evil of these times. It is in this set of readings that we are told the fate of the offenders and how to…

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Oct 1, 2018

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Peter Nguyen, UF Student

“The wicked say: Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us… For if the just one be the son of God, God will defend him…” (Wis 2:12–18). Although we are outside the season of Lent…

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Oct 1, 2018

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by: Thomas Boyle, UF Student

Who is Jesus? Who do other people say that he is? All Christians should ponder this question in order to grow in our faith. Even Saint Peter, who is the first to call Jesus “the Christ” in the…