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In Memoriam: Sister Jo Ann Schwarz, SC
Kind, generous, hard-working, and devoted to education, Sister Jo Ann will long be remembered by the students she taught, their families, and the people with whom she ministered in Our Lady of the Angelus Parish Sister Jo Ann Schwarz (Sister Miriam Loreto)...
April 29, 2018 – Fifth Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 9:26-31; Psalm 22:26-32; 1John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 At this time of the year, vines and branches are visible reminders of the changes in nature as we observe landscapers cleaning the ravages of winter to make room for spring to enter...
April 22, 2018 – Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 4:8-12; Psalm 118; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18 The Easter readings reveal the presence of the risen Jesus in the life of the early Church and help us to relive what those encounters may have meant for his early followers, and for us...
April 15, 2018 – Third Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 John 2:1-5A; Luke 24:35-48 I’m a list maker. Almost every day I create a checklist of tasks that need to be done at work. Often there’s a separate list of errands to be accomplished after work. All because I need...
In Memoriam: Sister Marian Mercedes Bishop, SC
“She was creative, practical, soft-spoken and had a quick wit.” Sister Marian Mercedes Bishop (Mary Margaret) was born April 1, 1936 in White Plains, New York. She was the daughter of Dudley Hart and Marguerite Sheldon Bishop. Mary Margaret attended...
April 8, 2018 – Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
Readings: Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 Thomas has gotten a pretty bad rap over the centuries, but I for one can empathize with him. I don’t appreciate anyone who I think is trying to “con” me. What I know, I know from my experience, and I trust...
April 1, 2018 – Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord
Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6B-8; John 20:1-9 or Mark 16:1-7 On the Friday we call “Good,” Jesus was delivered, entregada. In anguish, he cried out to the One who seemed silent: It is finished…. Father, into your hands I...
March 30, 2018 – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 31; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 We belong, you and I, to Sunday’s fickle crowd and their waving palms. We belong in the company of Judas who sold his friend for silver, because he was disillusioned with a Messiah who...
March 29, 2018 – Holy Thursday
Readings: Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; Psalm 116; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 This day, rich with symbols, with emotions, with touch, is almost too much to take in at once. Experience the touch of hands at the table, giving and receiving unleavened bread, handing...
March 25, 2018 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 This solemn, holy week – we know well the story it tells, how it begins, how it ends - and how it begins again. Sunday’s script unrolls: a green sea of palms, frenzied cries and cheers riding on...