May 18, 2025
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER — C Acts 14:21-27 Revelation 21:1-5 John 13:31-35 “This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” You know someone is a soldier because of their uniform. You can recognize Pope Leo because he has on white papal robe. You can recognize… Read More »
April 27, 2025
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY) – C Acts 5:12-16 Revelation 1:9-13,17-19 John 20:19-31 Thomas gets a bum rap. Oooh, Doubting Thomas, boo, hiss: but doubt is not a bad thing. If you think about it the opposite of belief is not doubt but certainty. Two plus two equals four. I don’t have… Read More »
April 20, 2025
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Acts 10:34, 37-43 I Corinthians 5:6-8 John 20:1-9 One of the old Latin hymns for Easter starts off this way: “The strife is o’er, the battle done; The victory of life is won; The song of triumph has begun: Alleluia!” That hymn captures the meaning of the… Read More »
April 13, 2025
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION Luke 19:28-40 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Luke 22:14-23:56 Jesus is the Savior. His very name means savior. That was name given him by the angel announcing his birth to Mary and then to Joseph in his dream about Mary: ‘She will give birth to a Son; and you shall… Read More »
March 30, 2025
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – C Joshua 5:9-12 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Luke 15:1-3,11-32 We have become accustomed to movies having sequels. After The Godfather you get The Godfather, Part II; Fast and Furious One leads to Fast and Furious Fifty-Seven or whatever current number is. In addition, if a movie is really successful, they will… Read More »
March 23, 2025
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – C Exodus 3:1-8,13-15 I Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12 Luke 13:1-9 Those of us of a certain age will remember when Pope John Paul II was the new, vigorous, dynamic embodiment of the papacy. He knew how to Pope. He set a remarkable standard for being pope with his world travels:129 countries in… Read More »
March 16, 2025
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – C Genesis 15:5-12,17-18 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 9:28-36 My sister JoAnn was going to the prom. This is the sister who woke in the morning with curlers in her hair, whose skin peeled when she had a sun burn, whose hands and mouth were covered with Old Bay seasoning while… Read More »
March 9, 2025
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT – C Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13 Maurice bought a classic convertible, an Alfa Romero Spider. He wanted to put it through its paces so he went to Pike’s Peak to drive up the mountain. Top down, sun shining, wind in his hair, wheels squealing at each hair pin curve,… Read More »
