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Love and Witness (3rd Sunday of Easter:Acts 5:27-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19) There are countries where it is a crime to try to win converts to Christianity. But in other parts of the world, maybe even close to home, we may hear echoes of the high priest’s words in the first…
The New Evangelization (4th Sunday of Easter: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Revelation 7: 9, 14-17; John 10:27-30) In our second reading, from Revelation, John describes “a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue… who have survived the time of great distress.” This cannot mean only…
Love and Witness 3rd Sunday of Easter: Acts 5:27-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 There are countries where it is a crime to try to win converts to Christianity. But in other parts of the world, maybe even close to home, we may hear echoes of the high priest’s words in the…
The One who Lives (2nd Sunday of Easter: Acts 5:12-16; Revelation 1:9-19; John 20:19-31) Scholars generally agree that John, the author of the fourth Gospel, also wrote Revelation. In both, Jesus often uses the phrase “I am” in a way that is reminiscent of God’s words to Moses, which we read…
He Had to Rise (Easter: Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4 ; John 20:1-9) At the end of today’s Gospel, John states clearly, “They did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.” In fact, as the readings during the Easter season will often show, most of…
The Master’s Need (Palm Sunday: Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Luke 22:14 to 23-56) Following Jesus’ instruction, his disciples, when asked why they were taking the colt, answered, “The Master has need of it.” What does the Master need from us? First and foremost, our very selves. When Our…
Do you not Perceive it? (5th Sunday of Lent: Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11) The woman in today’s Gospel was guilty. The law doomed her to death. Whatever regrets she now had could do her no good. The Jewish people, to whom Isaiah speaks in the first reading, were in…
Radiant with Joy (4th Sunday of Lent: Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) “Look to him that you may be radiant with joy.” These words in today’s Psalm refer to the Lord, but we can apply them to the prodigal son. Once he looked to his father, he found…
One God, One People (3rd Sunday of Lent: Exodus 3:1-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-12; Luke 13:1-9) Today’s parable of the fig tree is found only in the Gospel of Luke. We cannot fail, however, to see the parallel at La Salette. Like the gardener trying to save the tree, the Beautiful Lady…
Model Christians? Second Sunday of Lent: Genesis 15:5-18; Philippians 3:17—4:1; Luke 9:28-36 Who among us would be so bold as to hold herself or himself up as a model of Christian faith and life? Yet that is what Paul does in the second reading. “Join with others in being imitators…
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