Author Archives: stmichaelssurrey

‘Welcome the Children’ – As Jesus prepares his disciples for what is to come, they not only do not “get it,” they begin to jockey for position. Jesus is succinct: whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant … Continue reading →

Sunday Reflection: ‘If You Want to Become My Followers’ – “Who do people say that I am?” Jesus asks his disciples. And they offer the various responses they have heard. “But who do YOU say that I am?” asks Jesus. Ah, … Continue reading →

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle…24 August Bartholomew is known to us only because his name is listed among the twelve apostles in the Gospels according to Mat[1]thew, Mark, and Luke. His name means “son of Tolmai,” and he is sometimes identified … Continue reading →

26”Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. 29Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words … Continue reading →

27” Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal. 35 I am the … Continue reading →

The Sabbath: The Sabbath was made for humankind and not humankind for the Sabbath, so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”. Mark 2:27-28 We are now in the long season known as season after Pentecost, which runs through … Continue reading →

Come Holy Spirit: All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:4 The Church is born at Pentecost. The promised Advocate comes and those who cowered in fear now burst … Continue reading →