Tag Archives: Carl Olsen

A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, July 17, 2011, the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parables are the coded letters left by the Divine Lover  | Carl E. Olson Readings: • Wis 12:13, 16-19 • Psa 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 • Rom 8:26-27 • Matt 13:24-43 What is the Kingdom of God? How does it come … Continue reading

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The Son of God separates light from darkness, for all of eternity.

A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Fourth Sunday of Lent | Carl E. Olson Readings: • 1 Sam. 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a • Psa. 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 • Eph. 5:8-14 • Jn. 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 … Continue reading

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Sunday, March 27, 2011: “God thirsts that we may thirst for him”

A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for the Third Sunday of Lent, March 27, 2011 | Carl E. Olson Readings: • Ex. 17:3-7 • Psa. 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom. 5:1-2, 5-8 • Jn. 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 … Continue reading

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Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for the Second Sunday of Lent, March 20, 2011 | Carl E. Olson

Lent and the Transfiguration by Carl E. Olson Readings: • Gen. 12:1-4a • Psa. 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 • 2 Tim. 1:8b-10 • Matt. 17:1-9 What words come to mind when you think of Lent? Some that pop into my … Continue reading

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