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Back to SearchThe Great Hope of Easter
Easter Sunday represents God's great yes to humanity. Throughout history, humanity has turned its back on God, but the Lord has constantly sent rescu…
12 years, 2 months ago
Treating Death as a Trifle
This week's Gospel tells the story of Lazarus and how Jesus raised him from the dead. In this story we learn that sin is a kind of death, and that Je…
12 years, 3 months ago
Coming to See
This week's Gospel from John tells us the story of the man born blind. Jesus offers the blind man healing and the man accepts Jesus and is conformed …
12 years, 3 months ago
What is the Matter With Us?
The first reading for this week is the section of Genesis which describes the creation of humans and their fall from grace. The readings in the first…
12 years, 4 months ago
Extreme Demand, Extreme Mercy
In this week's Gospel, Jesus intensifies the moral law and raises the bar higher than it ever had been. Christ's goal, and the Church's goal, is to m…
12 years, 4 months ago
Salt, Light, and a City Set on a Hill
At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus compares his disciples to salt, light, and a city set on a hill. All these things exist not for th…
12 years, 5 months ago
The Presentation of the Lord
This week we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. In ancient Israel the Temple was the most important place in the worl…
12 years, 5 months ago
Land of Zebulon, Land of Naphtali
This week's reading from the prophet Isaiah emphasizes God's tendency to bring the best from the worst situations, light from the darkness. Throughou…
12 years, 5 months ago
Isaiah and Paul
This week's readings reveal Isaiah and Paul as missionaries, as evangelists. Isaiah's mission is to unite the people of Israel, and then spread the s…
12 years, 5 months ago
The Slave of Christ
This week's second reading is the beginning of st. Paul's letter to the Romans. Paul identifies himself as the slave of Jesus. His has given his enti…
12 years, 6 months ago