by Director of Communications | Apr 14, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
With Jesus, we live the three sacred days of this Holy Week – a week of acclamation and betrayal, of promises broken and hopes restored, a week of blessing and breaking bread and bodies, a week of words and silence, of tears and cries, a week of companionship and...
by Director of Communications | Apr 9, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66 You can’t walk into the magnificent Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mount St. Vincent without coming face to face with Constantino Brumidi’s imposing painting of the Crucifixion in the...
by Director of Communications | Apr 2, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11: 1-45 Behold this man, Jesus. As he began his ministry, he laid out his platform: to bring good news to the poor, liberty to captives, sight to the blind, freedom to the oppressed. This mission...
by Director of Communications | Mar 26, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
READINGS: 1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6–7, 10–13a, Psalm 23, Ephesians 5: 8–14, John 9: 1–41 Few Gospels are more fascinating than the healing of the man born blind both from a literary and pastoral perspective. This miracle occurs during the Feast of...
by Director of Communications | Mar 18, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Exodus 17: 3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8; John 4: 5-42 “Give me a drink.” Today’s familiar Gospel story teems with themes and images to unpack and ponder: a model of encounter, a lesson in Jesus’ evangelizing strategy, a reflection on giving and...
by Director of Communications | Mar 11, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Genesis 12: 1-4a; Psalm 33; 2 Timothy 1: 8b-10; Matthew 17: 1-9 “Listen to him.” We’ve all had the experience. We may be paging through the Scripture readings for the day, or (half-)listening to the lector proclaiming the Word at Mass. Suddenly, a phrase...