The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year A Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58 June 22, 2014 Last week we celebrated the Most Holy Trinity as a central mystery of our faith. This week we celebrated another mystery, the Eucharist. We do not know how ordinary bread and wine, without …
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The Most Holy Trinity, Year A Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 John 3:16-18 June 15, 2014 Today we celebrate the Most Holy Trinity. The Trinity is central to the way we pray as Catholics. Every time we celebrate Mass, every time we pray, we begin and end by invoking the Trinity with the …
Some of the colonists who came to America over 300 years ago came seeking religious freedom. When the United States became an independent nation, we adopted a constitution that included a Bill of Rights. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. Unfortunately, instead of seeking freedom of religion, there are people today who seek freedom from religion. They don’t …
Pentecost, Year A Vigil Readings Genesis 11:1-9 Romans 8:22-27 John 7:37-39 Day Acts 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 June 8, 2014 Fifty days have passed since Easter. Our celebration of Pentecost now draws our Easter season to a close. During our Easter season we celebrate gifts of God’s love. We began our Easter …
7th Sunday in Easter, Year A Acts 1:12-14 1 Peter 4:13-16 John 17:1-11a June 1, 2014 On Thursday we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven where he returns to be seated at the right hand of the Father. Before ascending Jesus told his disciples to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. As …
The video of my presentation on Death, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory is now available at http://renewaloffaith.org/basics/talking/fourlastthings.htm. Peace, Fr. Jeff
6th Sunday in Easter, Year A Acts 5-8, 14-17 1 Peter 1 Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 May 25, 2014 Jesus gives us a mission to proclaim the gospel. St. Francis tells us ‘proclaim the gospel always, to use words only when necessary.’ When is it necessary to use words? What words do we use? Here …
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5th Sunday in Easter, Year A Acts 6:1-7 1 Peter 2:4-9 John 14:1-12 May 18, 2014 Jesus says, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” The reality is the world is not perfect and we can have “troubled hearts.” Sometimes, such troubles are exactly what draws people to church who haven’t been here in years. …
4th Sunday of Easter, Year A Acts 2:14a, 36-41 1 Peter 2:20b-25 John 10:1-10 May 11, 2014 We speak of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. We have statues of Jesus as a shepherd holding a lamb. We think of the cute little innocent lamb. Of course, Jesus is the cute innocent lamb sacrificed for us. …
3rd Sunday in Easter, Year A Acts 2:14, 22-33 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 May 4, 2014 First Communion The disciples are walking on the road to Emmaus, troubled by what has happened, naming the Crucifixion and the empty tomb. As they walk, they do what we should all do, they are discussing faith. As …
