June 5, 2022 Today we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. The promised Advocate is sent by the Father at the Son’s request to embolden the disciples. Since His Ascension, the disciples have been praying for the Spirit and today we celebrate His arrival with mighty power. Today’s first reading from the Acts...
May 22, 2022 Today we celebrate Sixth Sunday of Easter. Sometimes I think we have an idealistic view of what it was like in the early days of the Church; “ah, the Good Ole Days!” As our first reading points out, it was not so ideal. The first controversy in...
May 15, 2022 Today we celebrate Fifth Sunday of Easter. Our Easter Season progresses as we head toward Ascension and Pentecost Sundays. This weekend’s first reading recounts the success of Paul and Barnabas in bringing the good news to the Gentiles. Their mission was to preach Jesus and bring as...
May 8, 2022 Today we celebrate Fourth Sunday of Easter. Today is also commonly known as Good Shepherd Sunday as each year the readings focus on Jesus, the Lamb once slain, now seated on the throne, shepherding His flock. Today’s responsorial psalm reminds us of that saying, “We are His...
May 1, 2022 Today we celebrate Third Sunday of Easter. The first reading throughout this season comes from St. Luke’s Acts of the Apostles. Here we see how the apostles do what Jesus wanted done; preach repentance to the people of Israel. They meet the same opposition that their Master...
April 24, 2022 Today we celebrate Second Sunday of Easter, or Divine Mercy Sunday. For 40 days the Church called us to “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” For 50 days in our Easter season we are called to “Rejoice and proclaim the Lord’s Resurrection.” Since the pontificate of St....
April 17, 2022 Today we joyfully celebrate Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection. The Church has passed from death to life! Today we joyfully proclaim that: “Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed, Alleluia!” Throughout the next seven weeks we will continue to celebrate the message that our Lord, Jesus...
April 10, 2022 Today we celebrate Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. We begin the most important week of the whole Church year as we commemorate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today’s Mass begins in triumph, joining with the crowds in Jerusalem, waving our palm...
April 3, 2022 Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent. In today’s first reading the prophet Isaiah says that God is doing amazing things for His people. God says, “Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; see, I am doing something new.”...
March 27, 2022 Today we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Our readings this weekend focus on reconciliation. In today’s first lesson, God says to Joshua, “Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.” God has led His people out of slavery, has given them the covenant on...
