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The Ascension of the Lord
Today’s readings Have you ever been at a loss for words? Have you been in a situation that was so astounding that you were just … speechless? Hopefully it was for something astoundingly wonderful, as for the apostles as their Lord ascended to heaven. Can you imagine what was going through the disciples’ minds as…
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School Graduation: GO!
Today’s readings: Acts 1:6-12 | 1 Timothy 4:12-16 | Matthew 28:16-20 Right in the middle of tonight’s Gospel reading, there is one word that sums it up for Christian disciples. This is the word that marks what we’re supposed to do; it wraps up all the instructions Jesus gave to his Apostles, and to all…
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Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Today, Jesus has for us good news and bad news. The good news is that he is eventually going to send the Holy Spirit upon the world. The Holy Spirit will be a new Advocate for us, and will testify to everything that Jesus said and did. The Spirit’s testimony will be further…
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The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings So today I want to address a topic that I think doesn’t get enough attention, and that is the topic of hope. Saint Peter in today’s second reading urges us to “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope…” And that’s a bigger…
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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Today’s readings In our first reading this morning, we have from the Acts of the Apostles a rather defining moment for the early Church. Jesus hadn’t given them a precise rule book of how to make the Church develop: he simply sent them out to baptize. But he also told them to make disciples of…
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Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Today’s readings are a reminder that we disciples have to be discerning. It is important for us to discern what the truth is so that we can be led to the one who is Truth itself. The Gentiles, who worshiped idols, didn’t have the context of monotheism – that there is one God…
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The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings I’ve been saying this a lot lately, but to be Catholic means being on the move. Many of the ancient churches were built in a shape that evoked a ship, which hearkened back to Noah’s ark, which was a foreshadowing of the Church. Just as that ark was the means of salvation for…
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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s readings I think most of the time, we really need to be reassured that we are in the hands of God. Things here on earth can be pretty uncertain on a daily basis. The state of the economy, wars being fought all over the globe, terrorism and natural disasters, the disrespect for human life,…
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s readings When God made the human person, he put into him and her a hunger and a thirst that could only be filled up with God. God made us for himself, because he is Love itself and Love must always have an object of that love. As Saint Augustine said well, “You have made…
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings Some days, I think there isn’t much I would do for just five minutes of peace and quiet. If you’re a parent, maybe you’d amend that to longing for just five seconds of peace and quiet! We are all probably sadly familiar with the many loud distractions our world puts before us. And…
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