Fourth Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd Sunday Acts 2: 14a, 36-42, 1 Pt 2: 20b-25, John 10: 1-10 Dear sisters and brothers, Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through [...]
Third Sunday of Easter Acts of the Apostles 2:14, 22-33, 1 Peter 1:17-21, Luke 24:13-35 Dear sisters and brothers, On this 3rd Sunday of Easter, we continue to appreciate God’s love for us by allowing his only son Jesus Christ to die for us and triumph over death through his resurrection in order that [...]
Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine Mercy Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31 Dear sisters and brothers, We can hear the enthusiasm of the early followers of Jesus in these readings today. The Acts of the Apostles in particular is filled with enthusiasm and joy and reflects at least [...]
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Acts 10:34a, 37-43, Col 3: 1-4, John 20: 1-9 Dear sisters and brothers, Alleluia! He is Risen! Saying those words is like drinking a tall glass of cold water after being out in the desert all day. Lent is over. It is time [...]
Palm Sunday/ Passion of the Lord Hosanna to Our King who comes in Glory Is 50: 4-7, Phil 2: 6-11, Mt 26: 14-27:66 or 27: 11-54 Dear sisters and brothers, Today is Palm Sunday. On this Sunday, the Church celebrates the triumphant entry of Christ into Jerusalem in order to accomplish his Paschal [...]
Fifth Sunday of Lent Ezekiel 37: 12-14, Roman 8: 8-11, John 11: 1-45 or 11: 3-7, 17,20-27, 33b-45 Dear sisters and brothers, Today is the fifth Sunday of Lent. The Church reminds us that what gives life to our mortal body is the Spirit of God. The same Spirit will resurrect Christ on Easter [...]
Fourth Sunday of Lent Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41 Dear sisters and brothers, Today we are invited to meditate, to think deeply, about sight, blindness, light and darkness. This is a theme that runs through all of our readings today and is so very important in this time of [...]
Third Sunday of Lent Ex 17:3-7, Rom 5:1-2, 5-8, Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 Dear sisters and brothers, “The water will flow,” “the love of God has been poured out,” “the water I shall give will become a spring of water welling up.” The water reference in all three readings [...]
Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 12:1-4a, 2 Timothy 1:8b-10, Matthew 17:1-9 Dear sisters and brothers, Every Lent the Transfiguration is given to us as a sign that we are invited to be changed, transformed and transfigured. Perhaps too often we look at the transfiguration as something that happened only to Jesus, forgetting that [...]
First Sunday of Lent Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 Dear sisters and brothers, These three temptations presented to us in the Gospel today speak of hunger, spirituality and power. All of us recognize the challenge of hunger. When we are hungry, we want to eat. Jesus had been fasting for [...]