Sundays Into Silence
A Pathway to Life
By Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R.

Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian Meditation

Cycle C
Table of Contents
Advent Christmas Season  Lent  Holy Week  Easter Season  Ordinary Time
Appendices: A. Advent Reflections  B. Lenten Reflections  C. Meditation Groups
Advent
1st Sunday of Advent Luke      21:25-28, 34-36 The Hope That Gives Life
2nd Sunday of Advent Luke      3:1-6 To Know Where You Are
3rd Sunday of Advent Luke      3:10-18 To Know Who You Are
4th Sunday of Advent Luke      1:39-45 To Know How To Visit
Christmas Season
Christmas Day John       1:1-18 The Contrary God
Holy Family Luke       2:41-52 Fear, Family and Christmas
Mary, Mother of God Luke       2:16-21 Mary; Magician or Model
Feast of the Epiphany Matthew    2:1-12 Pope John Paul II and Prayer
Baptism of the Lord Luke       3:15-16, 21-22 The Commitment of Baptism
Feast of the Sto.Niño Luke       2:41-52 Jesus: A Normal Teenager
Lent
1st Sun Lent Luke       4:1-13 Not Settling for Pleasure
2nd Sun Lent Luke       9:28b-36 Matching Face and Heart
3rd Sun Lent Luke      13:1-9 Do You Deserve What You Get?
4th Sun Lent Luke      15:1-3, 11-32 A Love That Is Too Much to Take!
5th Sun Lent John       8:1-11 You Must Feel Good to Become Good
Holy Week
Palm Sunday Luke      22:14-23:56 From a Shallow Victory to a Vital Defeat
Easter Season
Easter Sunday John          20:1-9 Real Life Resurrection
2nd Sunday of Easter John          20:19-31 Forgiveness; the Ultimate Proof of Love
3rd Sunday of Easter John          21:1-19 From Competition to Contemplation
4th Sunday of Easter John         10:27-30 Carers Not Curers
5th Sunday of Easter
John         13:31-33a, 34-35 The Volatile Ingredients of Conjugal Love
6th Sunday of Easter John          14:23-29 Seeing with the Heart
Our Lord's Ascension Luke         24:46-53 Did Christ Leave Us or Stay with Us?
Pentecost Sunday John        14:15-16, 23b-26 Forgiveness and the Spirit Within
Ordinary Time
Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity John        16:12-15 Is God Only in Heaven
Corpus Christi Luke       9:11b-17 You Must Feel Good to Become Good
2nd Sun. in Ord. Time John    2:1-11 Cana: Beyond Appearances
3rd Sun. in Ord. Time Luke     1:1-4; 4:14-21 Today Is God's Day
4th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke     4:21-30 He Broke All of the Rules
5th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke        5:1-11 Where "Down" Means "Up" and "Up" Means "Down"
6th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke    6:17, 20-26 The Blessing of Persecution
7th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke        6:27-38 The Freedom of Forgiveness
8th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke          6:39-45 "Loob" (Innerself-dsiposition); the Place of Prayer
9th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke       7:1-10 The Tyranny of Attachments
10th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke    7:11-17 Change of Teaching on the Death Penalty
11th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke    7:36—8:3 Being Evangelized by the Poor
12th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke           9:18-24 Nobody Wants to Be a Disciple
13th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke           9:51-62 The Freedom of Decision
14th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  10:1-12, 17-20 Importance Is Within
15th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  10:25-37 The Despised Ones Are the Lord
16th Sun. in Ord. Time  Luke  10:38-42 What Is Waste of Time
17th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke   11:1-13 Our Father: the Prayer of Relationship
18th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke   12:13-21 The Antidote of Fear
19th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke   12:32-48 The Trouble with Jesus
20th Sun. in Ord. Time  Luke    12:49-53 If Everybody Loves You, Are You Doing Your Job?
21st Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  13:22-30 Enter by the Narrow Gate; Let Go and Have
22nd Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  14:1, 7-14 It Is So Hard to Give without Buying!
23rd Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  14:25-33 Can You Pay the Cost of Discipleship?
24th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  15:1-32 The Central Issue: Exclusion vs. Inclusion
25th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  16:1-13 Commitment; the Core of Joy
26th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  16:19-31 Caught Between the Good and the Better
27th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  17:5-10 Faith: Seeing in a New Way
28th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  17:11-19 The Virtue (and Vice) of Gratitude
29th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  18:1-8 The Upside-Down Parable
30th Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  18:9-14 The Pharisee and the Publican
31st Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  19:1-10 He Shocks Us Again
32nd Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  20:27-38 Fundamentalism and Freedom
33rd Sun. in Ord. Time Luke  21:5-19 Do Not Be Deceived
Feast of Christ The King Luke  23:35-43 Indeed! A Hard King to Follow
Appendices
A. Advent Reflections:   The Christmas Stories: Midrash
The Christmas Stories: the Genealogy
The Birth Stories
The Inn Story; Another Version
 
B. Lenten Reflections:   The Prayer of Lent 
Between Courage and Wisdom 
Action to Passion 
Real Love Waits 
The Death of Jesus
 
C. Meditation Groups:
Introduction
1. Bible Sharing
2. The Meditation Proper
3. The Sharing
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