Sunday Reflection

Fourth Sunday of Easter: The Lame Walk — An Image of the Church

Apr 24, 2021

Today’s First Reading continues the story begun last week about the healing and the interpretation of this event as a sign of the Resurrection.
Third Sunday of Easter: Witnesses

Apr 17, 2021

Today’s Gospel reading is an Easter account from the Gospel of Luke. It begins with the events that took place on the evening of Easter Sunday, after Jesus had appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday: He Understands and Has Mercy

Apr 10, 2021

Pope St John Paul II declared that this Sunday, the octave day of Easter, should be Divine Mercy Sunday. It is a time for us to focus on our need for God’s mercy, and the abundance of mercy he showers upon us.
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Challenges and Triumphs

Mar 28, 2021

The contrast in today’s liturgy is shocking. We begin with the enactment of the Palm Sunday Procession of the Lord into Jerusalem.
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Hour Has Come

Mar 20, 2021

We kneel during the Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass and pray to the Father with the Lord as he offers his Body and Blood for us. Every Mass renews the hour.
Fourth Sunday of Lent: God’s Handiwork

Mar 13, 2021

Today’s second reading, from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, concludes with the statement “We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance that we should live in them.”
Third Sunday of Lent: The Covenant of the Ten Commandments

Mar 05, 2021

This Lent, the First Readings from the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures present various covenants between God and his people.
Second Sunday of Lent: Being Transfigured

Feb 27, 2021

Lent is a time for us to take a close look at ourselves and to consider what we have to do to conquer selfishness and sin in our own lives.
First Sunday of Lent: The Promise of the Rainbow

Feb 20, 2021

Look at the rainbow. God has not given up on us. We cannot give up on ourselves.
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Pillars of Safety

Feb 06, 2021

The coming of God in power — that’s what these first Sundays of the Year have been about.