FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Life is hard—find a community! Moving day is proof positive that we could all use some friends. Who else is going to lift the other end of that piano? But the rewards of community go beyond bearing the physical burden. We need folks to celebrate the victories, cheer us on during […]
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Saturday 5th Week of Easter John 15:18-21. It can be consoling to know that the world hates us for our belief system and how we express it openly instead of keeping it inside the walls of the Church. Just hours before his arrest, Jesus shares his heart with his disciples, warning them that what will […]
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Today’ Mass Readings Friday 4th Week of Easter John 14:1-6 Jesus has been coming back to us as he promised his disciples on Holy Thursday night, especially in the sacraments we celebrate. Just think of it, during his papal visit in Washington, DC, Pope Benedict celebrated the Holy Mass with 46,000 people. It’s awesome to […]
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Today’ Mass Readings Thursday 4th Week of Easter John 13:16-20 Today Jesus is teaching us the power to be a servant especially to people who wrong us. It is this disposition that graces us to remain in him. He washed his disciples’ feet, the task of a servant girl or boy, literally a nobody with […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Wednesday 4th Week of Easter John 12:44-50 Believe it, that today we are doing and saying the things that Jesus hears from his Father for us. Jesus is telling us in today’s gospel that he is revealing his Father. Everything Jesus did and said was to let us know just who his […]
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Feast of St. Matthias Acts of the Apostles 1:15-17; 20-26 I find it curious how the 11 apostles came to choose Matthias to replace Judas as one of the 12 apostles. This was a very important decision for the 11 apostles to make. How did they do it? They drew lots. But please consider […]
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Today’ Mass Readings Monday 4th Week of Easter John 10:11-18 Jesus wants to lay down his life for each of us in a very personal way so that he can raise up his life in us. The newspapers are full of ads from different companies you’ll find anywhere. So we check it out to get […]
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER; GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY Hear my voice We call this “Good Shepherd Sunday,” but these days you don’t see many shepherds in this part of the world, at least not the kind scripture is talking about. But it can still help to think about good shepherds, even if you don’t see any […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Saturday 3rd Week of Easter Acts 9:31-42; John 6:60-69 Like Peter, the healing love of Jesus forgives us and gives us the courage we never had before. “The words I spoke to you are spirit and life”. We see in the Acts of the Apostles how the Early Church continued the proclamation of the […]
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Today’ Mass Readings Friday 3rd Week of Easter John 6:52-59 None of us have the right to keep Jesus to ourselves. He is not some little Jesus who makes us feel better. He is the Savior of the World. “Go”. We hear that word of Jesus twice in today’s First Reading. “Go”, Jesus tells Saul, […]
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