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Wednesday of the Second Week in Easter
Today’s readings Today’s first reading is one of the most exciting readings of the New Testament for me. And it’s the angel of the Lord, the Lord’s messenger, who puts it all into crystal clear focus. The angel opens the prison doors as if they weren’t even locked and says to the imprisoned disciples, “Go…
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Tuesday of the Second Week in Easter
Today’s readings Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus is a perplexing one, to be sure. But in the light of Easter, we can see that Jesus was proclaiming that God is doing something new. Not only that, but God wants us all to be part of that new thing. Addressing Nicodemus, Jesus said that the old ways…
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The Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)
Today’s readings I often wonder what brings people to Mass on the Second Sunday of Easter. We had crowds of people here last Sunday, as you know, but things this Sunday are, perhaps a bit unfortunately, back to normal. The Easter duty is done, and most people go back to their normal Sunday routines, whatever…
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Friday in the Octave of Easter
Today’s readings “Come have breakfast.” These are some of my favorite words of Holy Scripture! I say that in jest, but I truly think these are significant words in Scripture. Here Jesus appears to his disciples, and just like the appearance on the way to Emmaus, the disciples recognize him in the breaking of the…
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Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Today’s readings To understand how significant the Resurrection event was, I think it’s helpful to try and put together a picture of how the disciples had to be feeling at this point. So prior to today’s Gospel selection, the women found the empty tomb, Peter has seen the Lord, and the two disciples had experienced…
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Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Today’s readings It is always interesting to me, in this story of the appearance of Jesus on the road to Emmaus, how the one thing that got through to them was the breaking of the bread. He spent a long time walking with them, interpreting the Scriptures and recollecting all the things that had happened…
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Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Today’s readings Letting go of things is harder than we can sometimes even admit. I think that’s what was going on with Mary Magdalene. And we are just like her: we want to hold on to things and people as they are, because what is familiar is so very comfortable to us. I think sometimes…
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Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord
Today’s readings Whenever I celebrate a Mass for the parish school, I often tell the children that if there’s just one thing they ought to know about God, one thing they ever learn about God, and that is that God loves them more than anything, that would be enough. It’s the thing that I hope…
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Good Friday of the Passion of Our Lord
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 quotation is the entrance antiphon for the Mass of Holy Thursday, last night’s celebration. Throughout the Holy Triduum, this three day celebration of the Lord’s passion and death,…
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Holy Thursday: The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
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 this Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, which we sang at the very beginning of our time…
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