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Trinity Sunday
John 16:12-15 Gospel Summary In this passage from the Last Supper Discourse, Jesus tells his disciples that when the Spirit of Truth comes he will

Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2: 1 – 11, I Cor 12: 3B – 7, 12 – 13, John 20 – 19 – 23 The name and timing of

Seventh Sunday of Easter
John 17:20-26 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s gospel passage contains part of the prayer Jesus addressed to his Father following his Last Supper discourse with its

Ascension of the Lord
Luke 24:46-53 Gospel Summary The feast of the Ascension celebrates the departure of the Risen Lord from this world to the place reserved for him

Sixth Sunday of Easter
John 14:23-29 Gospel Summary When Jesus says, in today’s gospel, “Whoever loves me will keep my word,” he wishes to remind us that, though it

Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter
Lectionary 54 – May 18, 2025 I always enjoy the public reading of the Acts of the Apostles during the masses of the long and

Fourth Sunday of Easter
John 10; 27 – 30 The Gospel for this Sunday is brief in comparison with those of the past few weeks. However, In three verses

Third Sunday of Easter
John 21:1-19 Gospel Summary Simon Peter and his companions after fishing all night catch nothing. At dawn as they approach shore, someone on the shore

Second Sunday of Easter
John 20: 19–31 Gospel Summary It is surely an understatement to say that the disciples were filled with joy as Jesus appeared to them, alive

Homily for Easter Sunday
Year C – Lectionary 42 On this glorious Easter Sunday we rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead as we hear John

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Luke 22: 14 – 23:56 At each celebration of the Mass we proclaim the mystery of faith, the various options all point to the central

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lectionary 34 – April 6, 2025 Each of the readings at mass on this fifth Sunday of Lent speaks in one way or another of

Fourth Sunday of Lent
Luke 15:1-3.11-32 Gospel Summary When we read the parables of Jesus, we need to remind ourselves that they are not accounts of historical events. Rather,

Third Sunday of Lent
Luke 13:1-9 Gospel Summary The gospel passage refers to two recent tragedies that were on people’s minds. Pilate had ordered the massacre of some Galileans

Second Sunday of Lent
Phil 3:17 – 4:1 Where are you a citizen? Often I meet people who tell me that they are a(an) ________ – American with pride

Homily for the First Sunday of Lent
Lectionary 24 – February 9, 2025 “Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean…’” (Deut 26:5). These words

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 6: 39-45 Gospel Summary The parables that Jesus offers in today’s gospel have one thing in common. They are all concerned with the qualities

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 6:27-38 Gospel Summary This passage from the Sermon on the Plain (6:20-49) is the counterpart of the Sermon on the Mount in the gospel

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Gospel Summary It is instructive to compare Luke’s Beatitudes with those of Matthew (5:2-11). Luke offers just four Beatitudes while Matthew gives

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 5:1-11 Gospel Summary While Jesus was speaking to a crowd that was pressing in on him by the Lake of Gennesaret, he noticed some