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Today’s readings There’s certainly a flurry of activity in today’s readings, isn’t there? Especially in the Gospel, we see Mary Magdalene run from the empty tomb to get the Apostles. And then Peter and the “disciple whom Jesus loved” ran … Continued
Today’s readings Sometimes when I’m preaching to children about a reading with light and darkness themes, I’ll ask them who is, or ever has been, afraid of the dark. As you can well imagine, most of the hands go up, … Continued
Today’s readings I always get a chill in my spine and a lump in my throat from the four words that stand out to me in today’s Gospel reading: “And it was night.” Those narrative words come just after Judas … Continued
Today’s readings Palm Sunday is a Liturgy that can be a little puzzling. We start out on a seemingly triumphant note. Jesus enters Jerusalem, the Holy City, and the center of the Jewish religion; the city he has been journeying … Continued
Today’s readingsMass for the school. Sometimes it seems like everyone is against us. Maybe you’ve felt that way sometimes. Maybe someone was telling lies about you and trying to get others to work against you, or maybe they were looking … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy of the Word helps us to reflect on God’s promises. Ever since God made the first covenant with Abraham, he has been renewing that covenant in ever stronger ways with all of the people he created … Continued
Today’s readings Just as the saraph serpent was lifted up on a pole in the desert for the people to see, and thus live, so the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, was lifted up on the cross for the salvation … Continued
Today’s readings “Lord, by now there will be a stench.” That’s one of my favorite lines in scripture. It begs the question I want you to pray about this week, which is, “What in your life really stinks?” Because we … Continued
Today’s readings It’s annoying when people call us on something and they’re right, isn’t it? But the Christian disciple knows that it is the job of our brothers and sisters to correct us when we stray as an act of … Continued
Today’s readings The waters that flowed from the temple in the first reading are the same waters that were stirred up in the pool at Bethesda, and those are the same waters that if you’re real quiet, you can hear … Continued
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