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John 17: 1-11a Departure, presence and return are the key themes of the scriptures on the Feast of the Ascension. These points are woven around

John 17:1-11 Gospel Summary The mystical intimacy and poetic beauty of this prayer of Jesus with the Father make any attempt to summarize it quite

Gospel John 14: 15 – 21 This Gospel is part of what is known as the Last Supper Discourse. They had a difficulty understanding this

John 14:15-21 Gospel Summary To love Jesus means to trust him. And that means that we trust his radical teaching about an ideal of unselfish

John 14: 1-12 Gospel Summary That the Church gives us this Last Supper discourse of Jesus for an Easter Season Eucharist is illuminative. These words

John 14: 1-12 In the gospel of St. John Jesus makes a series of powerful symbolic statements, each of which begins with the famous words

John 10:1-10 Gospel Summary In this gospel passage, Jesus draws upon imagery associated with sheep herding. The people to whom he spoke were well aware

Gospel John 10:1-10 The Fourth Sunday of Easter is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday because on this Sunday we hear the Gospel in which

Luke 24: 13-35 Gospel Summary Two disciples on the road to a village called Emmaus meet a stranger and proceed to discuss with him what

Luke 24: 13-35 The disciples walking on the way to Emmaus in the late afternoon of Easter Sunday did not realize that they were speaking

April 27, 2014 Gospel John 20:19-31 The Gospel begins with Easter Sunday and ends with the Sunday after Easter. On Easter Sunday the disciples were

April 27, 2014 John 20: 19-31 Gospel Summary With allusions to the Eucharistic liturgy, this passage describes the appearance of the Lord to his disciples

April 20, 2014 John 20:1-9 Gospel Summary John’s resurrection account is relatively brief and differs significantly from the Synoptic accounts. Mary Magdalene has a prominent

April 20, 2014 John 20: 1-9 The gospel reading on this glorious Easter Sunday tells us that Mary Magdalene “ran and went to Simon Peter

April 13, 2014 Matthew 26:14-27:66 The Passion Reading for Palm Sunday is a three year rotation of Matthew’s, Mark’s and Luke’s Gospel account of the

April 13, 2014 Matthew 26:14-27:66 Gospel Summary Matthew’s passion narrative begins with the plot of Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus and continues through the well-known

April 6, 2014 John 11:1-45 Gospel Summary In John’s gospel, Jesus is first and foremost the one who gives life. In fact, the whole purpose

April 6, 2014 John 11:1-45 The Scriptures Today Ezekiel speaks joyfully of a raising up to new life that will take place for the people

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Cycle A — Classic John 9: 1-41 Gospel Summary Jesus, in order that the works of God might be made visible,

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Cycle A — Modern John 9: 1- 41 This Gospel begins with the disciples asking a seemingly non-controversial question, “Rabbi, who