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Source & Summit: Fourth Sunday of Easter
When I was in high school, the priest who was my theology teacher asked me to prepare a young developmentally disabled guy for First Communion so that he could receive the Eucharist with his class.
Source & Summit: Third Sunday of Easter
In the Gospel of Luke today, we see the disciples taken aback by Christ’s offering of peace.
Source & Summit: Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday
The scene painted in John’s Gospel today is a familiar one.
Source & Summit: Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Numerous options from scripture are offered for proclamation at the Easter Vigil. The Gospel is from Mark 16.
Source & Summit: Wednesday of Holy Week
For this Wednesday of Holy Week, the Gospel of Matthew opens with Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. This stands in stark contract to the witness of love modeled by Jesus’ friend Mary a couple days ago in John’s Gospel for Holy Monday.
Source & Summit: Chrism Mass
The Chrism Mass tradition dates back to the late 5th century, but the practice of a separate Mass from the Holy Thursday evening Mass was instituted by Pope Pius XII in the late 20th century.
Source & Summit: Monday of Holy Week
For this Monday of Holy Week, the Gospel of John gives us the beautiful story of Mary, the sister of Martha, anointing the feet of Jesus with costly perfumed oil followed by drying Jesus’ feet with her hair.
Source & Summit: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
The end of the Passion reading today climaxes with Jesus’ death, where the paradox of human and divine power again becomes visible…
Source & Summit: Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
We don’t know much at all about St. Joseph. It is interesting to me that nowhere in the Gospels do we ever hear anything Joseph says.
Source & Summit: Fifth Sunday of Lent
By this point in the Lenten season, I am sure that most of us are ready for Easter to hurry up and get here!