Fifth Sunday of Easter

by | May 1, 2021 | Meditations

We continue to ponder the mystery, power, and beauty of the Resurrection. When we encounter the Risen Lord Jesus, it is an intimate encounter with Love, for, as St. John writes in his First Letter, “God is love” (1 Jn 4:16). Today’s first reading shows us how the...

Fourth Sunday of Easter

by | Apr 24, 2021 | Meditations

The beautiful title given to this day is “Good Shepherd Sunday.” Pope Francis, in his Spiritual Reflection, gives us a profound message about who the Good Shepherd is: he is the One who loves us unconditionally, who says to us, “Your life is worth so much to me, that...

Third Sunday of Easter

by | Apr 17, 2021 | Meditations

Christianity proclaims something unique, something that no other religion professes: that God became incarnate; he took on a real human body; he experienced all that we experience in our bodies – hunger and thirst, fatigue, excitement, sorrow, joy, anger, pain,...

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

by | Mar 27, 2021 | Meditations

We have come to Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s liturgical year. We make every effort to enter fully into this week, during which our task may be described in Jesus’ words to Peter, James and John in the garden: “Remain here and keep watch.” We strive to...

Fourth Sunday of Lent

by | Mar 13, 2021 | Meditations

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday, which means “Rejoice Sunday.” The readings given for our meditation tell us why we should rejoice. We rejoice because, as Jesus announces very clearly in today’s Gospel, “God so loved the world that he gave his only...