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Ascension Thursday – May 25, 2017
Readings: Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1: 17-23; Matthew 28: 16-20 Today is the 40th day after Easter, the traditional date for celebrating the feast of the Ascension. In many dioceses, the Ascension is transferred to the 7th Sunday of Easter – next Sunday, May...
Sixth Sunday of Easter — May 21, 2017
Readings: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Psalm 66; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 By now in the Easter season we have made friends with the Acts of the Apostles, 1 Peter and the Gospel of John. These readings have framed our Easter experience with rich stories and images. We are...
Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017 — Mother’s Day
Readings: Acts 6: 1-7; Psalm 33; 1 Peter 2: 4-9; John 14:1-12 The words “In my Father's house, there are many mansions” can be heard in varied ways. At funerals, where this gospel passage is frequently heard, we are reminded of Jesus’ deep compassion and care for his...
In Memoriam: Sister Marie Schutté, SC
Sister Marie’s students, their parents and all who knew her will long remember her kindness, generosity and compassion. Sister Marie Schutté (Sister Catherine Maureen) was born in Brooklyn May 16, 1924. She was one of three daughters and three sons of...
Third Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2017
Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24: 13-35 Today, we find ourselves on the road to Emmaus — a familiar story in the Gospel writers’ collection of “now you see him, now you don’t,” post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus. The risen Christ...
Second Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2017 — Divine Mercy Sunday
Readings: Acts 2: 42-47; Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20: 19-31 In Easter’s light, the Scriptures today call us to open our minds and hearts wider, ever wider. Signs and images of God’s incredible and tender mercy abound in us and around us. Imagine what our...
April 16, 2017 — Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9 I wake on Easter morning, feeling stuffed. For the past three days I’ve been feasting - not on food but on sights and sounds, symbols and songs. Thursday - bread broken...
April 15, 2017 — Holy Saturday
A selection of readings from Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Baruch, Ezekiel; Romans 6:3-11; Psalm 118; Matthew 28:1-10 Saturday, the Sabbath, after the day when the world fell apart. The disciples were cowering in fear, crushed with grief. For them, it was all over. They...
Reflections for Holy Thursday and Good Friday
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...
April 9, 2017 — Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
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...