May 28, 2023 Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Today we ask that the original Spirit that descended on the Apostles in the Upper Room in Jerusalem come once again and empower us with the flame of faith to be bold disciples of the Gospel. Today we ask that...

Today we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Having met with His Apostles for 40 days since His Resurrection, the Lord Jesus summons them to the mountain. We’re told in the Gospel that once the Apostles saw Him, “they worshipped, but they doubted.” Isn’t it strange that after these many...

April 30, 2023 Today we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Easter. Traditionally the readings of this Sunday reflect the image of the Good Shepherd and this weekend is traditionally Good Shepherd Sunday. Today’s first reading continues describing the bold preaching of Peter to the people of Jerusalem. The result was...

April 23, 2023 Today we celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Easter. Our readings are all filled with hope and the joy of the season that proclaims the glory of the Resurrected Christ. Today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles is a powerful sermon by St. Peter surrounded by...

April 16, 2023 Today we celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy). For the next six weeks we celebrate anew the glorious Resurrection of our Savior. Our season is filled with joyful Alleluias and our scriptures tell us of the early Church’s preaching of the Good...

April 9, 2023 Today we celebrate the glorious Solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection. After forty days of repentance, prayer, sacrifice, and almsgiving, and a moving Holy Week recalling the Passion and Death of Christ, we gather today at the empty tomb, peering inside with Peter and John, the beloved disciple,...

April 2, 2023 Today we celebrate Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Today begins Holy Week. Mass begins with us commemorating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem amid cries of joyful Hosannas. We wave palm branches commemorating His triumph as King of Israel. As did the people of Jerusalem...

March 26, 2023 Today we celebrate the 5th Sunday of Lent. As in the previous few weeks, today’s readings teach us a powerful truth. In today’s first reading the prophet Ezekiel speaks a promise from God, “I will open your graves and have you rise from them…I have promised and...

March 19, 2023 Today we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Lent. In this year’s cycle of readings (Year A), the Gospels we read are especially geared to help those in their final stage of preparing for the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. The encounter of Jesus with the...

March 12, 2023 Today we celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Lent. Thirsting for water figures prominently in our scriptures. In the first reading from Exodus the Israelites grumble against Moses. Among their complaints is the their thirst for water. We hear the two names, Massah and Meribah, the places where...