Sunday, April 9th Scripture Acts 10: 34, 37-43 Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3: 1-4 or Cor 5: 6-8 Jn 20: 1-9 Reflection On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning…and saw the stone removed…So she ran…to Simon Peter and the disciple whom Jesus […]
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Holy Saturday
Saturday, April 8th Scripture Gn 1:1-2:2, Ps 104: 1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35; Gn 22: 1-2, 9-13, 15-18, Ps 16: 5, 8-11 Ex 14: 15 – 15: 1, Ps Ex 15: 1-6, 17-18; Is 54: 5-14, Ps 30: 2, 4-6, 11-13 Is 55: 1-11, Is 12: 2-6; Bar 3: 9-15, 32-4:4, Ps 19: 8-11 […]
Good Friday
Friday, April 7th Scripture Is 52:13-53:12 Ps 31: 2,6,12-13, 15, 17, 25 Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9 John 18:1 – 19:42 Reflection “He bore the punishment that makes us whole.” Isa 53:5 I dread the Good Friday liturgy. It reminds me that execution of one human being by another still occurs in our country. Suffering of the […]
Holy Thursday
Thursday, April 6th Scripture Ex 12: 1-8, 11-14 Ps 116: 12-13, 15-18 1 Cor 11: 23-26 Jn 13: 1-15 Reflection “I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” Jn 13:15 “Be careful,” Mabel’s husband cautions her, when she suggests that they—a black couple […]
Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 2nd Scripture Is 50: 4-7 Ps 22: 8-9, 17-20, 23-24 Phil 2: 6-11 Mt 26: 14-27: 66 Reflection “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.” Today we enter into what is simultaneously the most powerful and most mysterious of […]
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 26th Scripture Ez 37: 12-14 Ps 130: 1-8 Rom 8: 8-11 Jn 11: 1-45 Reflection … she went and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” John 11: 20, 28 As I re-read this Gospel, a detail that I had not noticed before […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 19th Scripture 1 Sam 16: 1, 6-7, 10-13 Ps 23: 1-6 Eph 5: 8-14 Jn 9: 1-41 Reflection “I am the Light of the world.” Jn 9:5 The story of the blind man is our story. We are all born blind. The difference between the blind man and ourselves is that he knew […]
Third Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 12th Scripture Ex 17: 3-7 Ps 95: 1-2, 6-9 Rom 5: 1-2, 5-8 Jn 4: 5-42 Reflection “Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst.” Jn 4:14 We’ve heard the Woman at the Well story so many times, haven’t we? Yet Lent 2023 offers invitations perhaps on a deeper level. Jesus […]
Second Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 5th Scripture Gn 12: 1-4 Ps 33: 4-5, 18-20, 22 2 Tim 1: 8-10 Mt 17: 1-9 Reflection “When they raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus.” Mt. 8 What if you truly lived as a beloved Child of God? What if all the communities of earth (every creature: human, […]
First Sunday of Lent
Sunday, February 26th Scripture Gen. 2: 7-9; 3:1-7 Ps. 51: 3-6, 12-13 Rom. 5: 12-19 Mt. 4: 1-11 Reflection “Do not take your spirit from me.” Ps. 51: 12 The readings today outline the redemption story in dramatic detail. Genesis speaks of the cunning nature of evil as the serpent bargains with Eve: Don’t worry […]
