The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings When we pray the Creed, we always say that we believe in the Holy Spirit. When we prepare for Confirmation, we study the gifts of the Spirit and the fruits of the Spirit and we get ready to … Continued
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Saint Paul was obviously a pretty tough guy. I don’t know about you, but if I barely weathered the storm of people throwing rocks at me and leaving me for dead, I might think twice about how I … Continued
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings One of the most exciting lines in today’s Liturgy of the Word comes in the second reading: “The One who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’” The book of Revelation is all about … Continued
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Now think about this just for a minute – pretend you are Paul or Barnabas or one of the other apostles. Think about all the things they went through in that first reading. Paul hasn’t even been a … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Today’s readings Do you believe in coincidences? I can’t say that I do, at least not in the spiritual sense. Sometimes, I think, being in the right place at the right time is divinely ordained. Far more often than we … Continued
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Today’s readings So they drag Saint Stephen before the Sanhedrin, and make all sorts of false claims against him. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? We heard a story just like this during Holy Week! In fact, Stephen is in good company. … Continued
Easter Thursday
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 … Continued
Easter Monday
Today’s readings Well, it wasn’t all that long ago that we saw the disciples scatter in fear, was it? Here they had seen their friend arrested, tortured, and killed, so one could not blame them for running scared. I’m sure … Continued
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