Pathways of Hope

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - AS YOU ARE MARK 7:1-13 1 Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tra...

Monday, February 8, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - THE PERFECT SOLUTION MARK 6:53-56 53And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennes'aret, and moored to the shore. 54And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him, 55and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people on their pallets to any place where...

Sunday, February 7, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: Be Still And Listen To God's Marching Orders MARK 1:29-39 29And immediately he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her. 31And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her; and she served them. 32...

Saturday, February 6, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: Desiring Jesus MARK 6:30-34 30The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves. 33Now many saw them goin...

Friday, February 5, 2021 Feast of St Agatha PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - WITNESS TO THE TRUTH MARK 6:14-29 14King Herod heard of it; for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him." 15But others said, "It is Eli'jah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of the pr...

Thursday, February 4, 2021 Feast of St Andrew Corsini PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - SHAKE IT OFF MARK 6:7-13 7And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; 9but to wear sandals a...

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - THE TRAGEDY OF UNBELIEF MARK 6:1-6 1He went away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed him. 2And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get all this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty wo...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Presentation of the Lord World Day for Consecrated Life PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - PERSEVERING FAITH LUKE 2:22-40 22And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb shall...

Monday, February 1, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - CHOOSE TO DO GOOD MARK 5:1-20 1They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Ger'asenes. 2And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, even with a chain; 4for he had often bee...

Sunday, January 31, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING -  Presence,  Purpose, Action MARK 1:21-28 21And they went into Caper'na-um; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. 22And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23And immediately there was in their synago...

Saturday, January 30, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - From Fear to Faith MARK 4:35-41 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, s...

Friday, January 29, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - The Parable of the Seeds MARK 4:26-34 26And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, 27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how. 28The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in...

Thursday, January 28, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Light The Light, Share His Life MARK 4:21-25 21And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light. 23If any man has ears to hear, let him hear." 24An...

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Be A Good Soil. MARK 4:1-20 1Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3"Liste...

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Memorial of St Timothy Memorial of St Titus PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - God's Family is the Doer of His Will MARK 3:31-35 31And his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."...

Monday, January 25, 2021 Conversion of St. Paul PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Evangelize MARK 16:15-18 15And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will c...

Sunday, January 24, 2021 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Sunday of the Word of God PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - COME FOLLOW ME MARK 1:14-20 14Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel." 16And passing along by the...

PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Whoever Does The Will Of God Is My Family MARK 3:20-21 20and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself." Reflection by: Atty. Ted Te: Human rights lawyer. Faculty member. Regional director for Western Visay...

Friday, January 22, 2021 Feast of St Vincent PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - CHRIST CHOOSES YOU MARK 3:13-19 13And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. 14And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach 15and have authority to cast out demons: 16Simon whom he surnamed Peter; 17James the son...

Thursday, January 21, 2021 Feast of St Agnes PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Jesus Is The Absolute Authority MARK 3:7-12 7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea 8and Jerusalem and Idume'a and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to h...

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Feast of St Fabian Feast of St Sebastian PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - God is Reaching Out to You MARK 3:1-6 1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withere...

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021 Thursday of the 3rd Week of Easter Feast of St Leonides [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:44-51 44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46Not that any one has seen the Father...

Saturday, May 8, 2021 Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Feast of St Mary Magdalene of Cannossa PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Choosing God, Choosing Well John 15:18-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and...

FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Laying Down His Life John 15:12-17 12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not k...

THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 Jn 15:9-11 Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. “I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete.” Reflection by: Danny Dy: Management consultant and urban farme...