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“Shalom”
Posted on March 30, 2008Divine Mercy Sunday! Readings: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Pt 5:3-9; Jn 20:19-31 ‘Peace be with you,’ he said. Jn 20:19 Today’s Gospel tells the story of the first Easter Sunday and its octave day, which we celebrate today as Divine Mercy Sunday. The disciples... Read More
The Obedience of Faith
Posted on March 29, 2008Saturday in the Octave of Easter Readings: Acts 4:13-21; Mk 16:9-15 Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight for us to obey you rather than God Acts 4:19 Today’s readings give us a pretty clear “before and after” look at the disciples... Read More
Return to the Charcoal Fire
Posted on March 28, 2008Friday in the Octave of Easter Readings: Acts 4:1-12; Jn 21:1-14 When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire. Jn 21:9 In today’s Gospel, Peter and six of the other disciples have been fishing all night, but have caught nothing. Jesus shows up on the... Read More
Doubly Loved
Posted on March 27, 2008Thursday in the Octave of Easter Readings: Acts 3:11-26; Lk 24:35-48 It is really I. Touch me and see. Lk 24:39 The theme of recognizing Christ continues in today’s Gospel. After Jesus had vanished from their sight, the two disciples had rushed back... Read More
The Emmaus Problem
Posted on March 26, 2008Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Readings: Acts 3:1-10; Lk 24:13-35 Their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Lk 24:31 Today’s readings pose an important question: “How do you look?” Not your appearance, but your way of viewing. Do you simply... Read More
Come as You wish
Posted on March 25, 2008Tuesday in the Octave of Easter Readings: Acts 2:36-41; Jn 20:11-18 Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 Today’s first reading is taken from St. Peter’s Pentecost sermon, in which he urges his listeners to receive the gift... Read More
Go to Galilee
Posted on March 24, 2008Monday in the Octave of Easter Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Mt 28:8-15 “They are to go to Galilee, where they will see me.” Mt 28: 10 A few days ago at the Vigil Mass, we heard an angel instruct the women at the tomb to tell the disciples, “He is... Read More
Response Ability
Posted on March 23, 2008Easter Sunday Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4 or 1 . 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24:13-35 “Since you have been raised up in company with Christ, set your heart on what pertains to higher realms.”... Read More
Ultimate Destiny
Posted on March 22, 2008Holy Saturday Readings: Gen 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a; Gen 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ex 14:15-15:1; Is 54: 5-14; Is 55:1-11; Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4; Ezek 36: 16-17a, 18-28; Rom 6: 3-11; Mk 16:1-7. “… so that, just as Christ was raised from the... Read More
Up Close and Personal
Posted on March 21, 2008Good Friday. Readings: Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16;5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 “One of the soldiers ran a lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.” Jn 19:34 In his encyclical letter “Rich in Mercy,” Pope John Paul II wrote that... Read More