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Today’s readings “Athirst is my soul for the Living God.” The Psalmist today sums up what is going on in the entire Liturgy of the Word. In the book of Acts, we see that even the Gentiles seek salvation in … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reading speaks of Jesus, the Good Shepherd who knows his sheep, and whose sheep know him. However, I have two problems with that. First, who wants to be compared to sheep? Sheep are not the brightest … Continued
Today’s readings Well, it doesn’t take long. Just on Saturday at Mass, we heard about the selection of the first deacons of the Church, including Saint Stephen. And now, today we hear of his persecution and impending death sentence. The … Continued
Today’s readings One of the great things about being Catholic, I think, is the celebration of Easter. We do it up right, and keep doing it for fifty days! In fact, just yesterday we completed our celebration of Easter Day, … Continued
Today’s readings Today is the feast day for those of us who sometimes question things, and the apostle, St. Thomas, is our patron saint. And so today we can give Thomas a hard time for his unbelief, and we can … Continued
Today’s readings (Although I did use the Gospel reading from the Vigil, because I can!) “Do not be amazed!” – I just love that line in the Gospel. We have to get behind the sentiment of that statement today if … Continued
Tonight’s readings We should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered. We have come to the pinnacle of our vigil, this mother of … Continued
Reading: Deuteronomy 26:1-4, 10b-11 Holy Saturday is a rough day for us Catholics, I think. We started last Sunday with a triumphant procession with palms, only to end with the death of Jesus in the Passion. On Thursday, we gathered … Continued
Today’s readings We should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered. That is the proper entrance antiphon, also known as the introit, for … Continued
Today’s readings There are two things going on in today’s Scripture readings. First, we have the Jews, and now Judas among them, who are very jealous of Jesus and are seeking to arrest and kill him. And not just him, … Continued
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