Sunday Reflection
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Solemnity of Pentecost: We talk, the spirit speaks
May 13, 2016
I want to begin with a quick summary of That Hideous Strength, the third book in C.S. Lewis’ science fiction trilogy.
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7th Sunday of Easter: Stephen Martyr
May 06, 2016
The figure of St Stephen, the first martyr, emerges in the Easter season just as it does in the days after Christmas.
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Sixth Sunday of Easter: The Indwelling
May 01, 2016
“Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come and make our dwelling in him.”
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Fifth Sunday of Easter: The New Jerusalem
Apr 22, 2016
While on vacation a few summers ago, I met a wonderful Muslim man who asked me about Jerusalem.
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Fourth sunday of Easter: Jesus did this for us
Apr 15, 2016
The diplomat left holding up his hand as though it were a trophy and saying: “You did this for me.”
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Third Sunday of Easter: Feed My Sheep
Apr 08, 2016
Today’s Gospel reading contains a wonderful resurrection scene at the conclusion of the Gospel of John.
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Second Sunday of Easter: Divine Mercy
Apr 01, 2016
In the year 2000, the Second Sunday of Easter occurred on April 30. On that day, the Holy Father, St John Paul II, canonized Sr Mary Faustina Kowalska. St Faustina was only 33 years old when she died in 1938.
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Easter: The Cross and the Candle
Mar 23, 2016
A large cross covered with a red cloth is held up at the entrance of the nave. A third of the cloth is removed.
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Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: A call to faith
Mar 18, 2016
There were only a handful of people at the foot of the cross. The people who were there were the people who loved Him more than their own lives.
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Fifth Sunday of Lent: Go and sin no more
Mar 10, 2016
“Father, what I did was horrible. I am so ashamed. I don’t know if God will forgive me.”
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.