by Greg Beben | May 24, 2021 | Seasonal Introductions
The Easter Season concludes with Pentecost Sunday. From the upper room, the Church goes forth empowered by the Spirit to proclaim the life she has within her. Now we enter the period of Ordinary Time, which concludes on Saturday following the feast of Christ the King....
by Greg Beben | May 23, 2021 | Meditations
Yesterday’s solemnity, Pentecost Sunday, is celebrated as the “birthday of the Church.” Where there is a birth, there must be a mother. Today’s memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church was officially added to the liturgical calendar in 2018, so that the day after the...
by Greg Beben | May 22, 2021 | Meditations
With today’s Solemnity of Pentecost, the glorious Easter season comes to a fiery culmination. The divine Fire that ignites Christian faith and proclamation is what sent the Apostles forth to set the world ablaze. The connection with Easter is clear from the Gospel...
by Greg Beben | May 15, 2021 | Meditations
Last Thursday we celebrated the Ascension of the Lord. We watched with the Apostles as Jesus rose into Heaven, and we heard the angels promise us: “This Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into...
by Greg Beben | May 12, 2021 | Meditations
Six weeks ago we celebrated the amazing event of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead. Indeed, we have continued celebrating his triumph over sin and death, and his rising to new life, throughout the weeks of the Easter Season. Our first reading today gives us a good...
