Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Probably the most urgent task of our lives is to find our way. Lots of people get hung up on that: often in happens in young adulthood, or perhaps even later. They lose their way and maybe they … Continued
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings Some days, I think there isn’t much I wouldn’t 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 … Continued
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Today’s readings(School Mass) Sometimes, I think, we often wonder what God has in mind. Sometimes he picks us, or someone else, for something that just doesn’t seem like it would work. And then it works out amazingly! God sure knows … Continued
Saint Mark, Evangelist
Today’s readings We aren’t completely sure who St. Mark was. He might have been the first bishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Some scholars say he might have been the one described in chapter 14 of Mark’s Gospel, at the arrest of … 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. If this sounds familiar, it’s because we heard a story just like this during Holy Week! In fact, Stephen is in … Continued
The Third Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings How often have you said something that began with “I’ll be happy when…”? You know, “I’ll be happy when I’m done paying for the kids’ college tuition;” “I’ll be happy when I get that promotion;” “I’ll be happy … Continued
Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
Today’s readings There are a lot of what are called “clickbait” articles out there on the internet. Those are headlines that make you curious to click on the link and read the story. Often they are enormously disappointing in terms … Continued
The Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
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 … Continued
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord
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
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
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
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