Scripture Reflections for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"Elisha, through the power of God, fed a hundred men with twenty barley loaves and fresh grain, and had some over. Jesus of Nazareth, through the power of God, fed..."

"The Feeding of the 5000 is the only miracle reported by all four evangelists, and each of them have their own take. Luke, for example, provides the location of the..."

"When we take summer trips what do we take with us? Imagine the list. How many changes of clothes? What about medicine? Grooming equipment? Money in cash and credit cards?..."

"I’m notorious in our household for often uttering these three little words –God will provide.Notorious I say because it is often not the answer some in my family want to..."

"I love technology. It can make life so much easier, and can make this big world so much smaller. It can bring people together from different parts of this world..."

"Some days ago, somebody sent me a postcard that had a slogan emblazed on it that went like this: “Hell hath no fury like me when I’m slightly inconvenienced and..."

"Occasionally, God provides food and drink miraculously, as for the widow Elijah stayed with, or when Elisha fed the hundred. Jesus turned water into wine; he fed 5,000 from five..."

"Even in these tough times, we still assume a lot will be there as normal. Like electricity, for example. A couple of winters ago, there was quite a long power-cut..."

"Friends, the sixth chapter of John is one of the most profound reflections we have on the meaning of the Eucharist. Let us pay close attention to our Gospel today,..."

"The sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, from which we will be reading these next several weeks, is a sustained meditation on the meaning of the Mass and the Eucharist. Our..."

"Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries."

"Today’s readings teach us how physical or material needs cannot be neglected in our pastoral care of souls. Right from the beginning God has always presented himself as a father..."

"This weekend we begin a five-week stretch of meditation on John 6, a kind of summer Eucharist-fest that comes around every three years. The rationale for this is that we..."

"The five loaves and two fish are all that they have, yet it more than suffices to feed the great multitude of people gathered by the Sea of Galilee. In..."

"Our Gospel passage from John is set shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover. In Jesus's time this was always a tense holiday period, particularly in Jerusalem, because it was..."