Saint Agnes, Virgin Martyr
Today’s readings There are a lot of saints in today’s Mass, but then, honestly, there always are. Father John and I have an ongoing joke, that when one of us has the early 6:30 Mass, we say to the other, … Continued
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Today’s readings As is the case for most of the apostles, we don’t know a whole lot about Saint Andrew. And I think that’s appropriate, because what we need to know about the apostles is that they were followers of … Continued
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Today’s readings Our first reading today is filled with kind of intense drama. The disciples, ever since Jesus rose from the dead and sent them the gift of the Holy Spirit, have been going around and preaching in the name … Continued
Saint Matthias, Apostle
Today’s readings We don’t really know much about St. Matthias. We have no idea the qualifications that led to his being nominated as one of two possibilities to take Judas’s position among the Twelve Apostles. But clearly, they would have … Continued
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Today’s readings In today’s Gospel, Peter and the others are asked, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” We heard this Gospel story just last weekend. Now, both Peter and Paul were committed to the truth about … Continued
Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Today’s readings Today is the feast of St. Philip and the man we call “St. James the Lesser” because he is probably not the St. James that we know as a relative of Jesus and the traditional author of the … Continued
The Ascension of the Lord
Today’s readings For the early Apostles and disciples, today’s feast had to be a kind of “now what?” experience for them. Think about what they’ve been through. Their Lord had been betrayed by one of their friends, he had been … Continued
Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Today we’re gathered on what is, for us, the eve of the Ascension. While the reading that we have in today’s Gospel is from John’s account of the eve of the Passion, the words could well have been … Continued
Ss. Philip and James, apostles
Today’s readings Today is the feast of St. Philip and the man we call “St. James the Lesser” because he is not the St. James that we know as a relative of Jesus and the traditional author of the book … Continued
Ss. Simon & Jude, apostles
Today’s readings Today, we celebrate two apostles who, as often is the case, are relatively unknown except that they were followers of Jesus. Jude is called Judas in Luke and in the Acts of the Apostles. Matthew and Mark call … Continued
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