6th Sunday in Easter, Year C Acts 15:1-2, 22-39 Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 John 14:23-29 May 5, 2013 First Communion What does it mean to be a church? When you hear the word “church,” what do you think of? Do you think of our building? Do you think of the people you see here? Do you …
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5th Sunday of Easter, Year C Acts 14:21-27 Revelation 21:1-5a John 13:31-33a, 34-35 April 28, 2013 We need hope. We live in a world of turmoil. Bad things happen. Bombings in Boston, the explosion in Texas, and the possibility of nuclear and chemical warfare. There is much illness. Medical Science is making great advances but …
4th Sunday of Easter, Year C Acts 13:14, 43-62 Revelation 7:0, 14b-17 John 10:27-30 April 21, 2013 My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me. Remember last week when the disciples saw Jesus on the shore but did not know it was him? They still listened to him. Even though they …
3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-41 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 April 14, 2013 The Apostles are now arrested and on trial. They are zealously preaching the faith. They had previously given orders to ‘stop teaching in that name.’ Those who have arrested them won’t even speak Jesus’ name (that name). To the …
2nd Sunday of Easter, Year C Acts 5:12-16 Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 John 20:19-31 April 7, 2013 Jesus has been crucified. They know the tomb is empty. The disciples are locked in a room. Why did they lock themselves in a room? It wasn’t for a conclave. We are told it was for “fear of …
Easter Vigil 2013 Genesis 1:1-2:2 Genesis 22:1-18 Exodus 14:15-51:1 Isaiah 55:1-11 Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-12 March 30, 2013 Tonight we hear the story of Salvation History. We hear it in the readings but also in our Exsultet. We are reminded of how Christ is the light of the world in our opening fire, fire that …
Holy Thursday 2013 Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15 March 28, 2013 Tonight is a night like no other night but neither is a night that stands all by itself. It was the night of the Passover. The Passover is the greatest of the Israelite feasts that they celebrated as a perpetual institution …
Palm Sunday, Year C Luke 19:28-40 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Luke 22:14-23:56 March 24, 2013 Today we begin no ordinary week. This week celebrates Jesus’ final days on Earth and so today we begin with his journey into Jerusalem. He receives a royal welcome with the cloaks laid out and palms waving. He enters riding …
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and King Nebuchadnezzar – I think I will remember these names forever. They appear in today’s first reading. I think back to 1999, shortly after I returned to church after many years of not going. I had the opportunity to attend Mass on Wednesdays during Lent. I was going to be the Altar Server. …
5th Sunday in Lent, Year C Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11 March 17, 2013 As Jesus continues his ministry to teach the people, once again the scribes and the Pharisees come to test Jesus. They come bringing the woman who was caught in adultery. They really don’t care that she was caught in sin. …
