Tagged: Easter
Friar’s Corner: Jesus is our best Shepherd
Acts 13:14. 35-52; Psalm 100:1-3, 5; Revelation 7:14b-17; John 10:27-30 These forty days after Easter and the nine-day novena preparing for Pentecost have us reading for St. Luke’s Acts of the Apostles, the history of the earliest church. The first half of Acts recounts the teaching and ministry of St. Peter. The second half deals...
Friar’s Corner: Breakfast with the risen Jesus
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Psalm 30:2-6, 11- 13; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 The gospels record that Jesus appeared eight times from Easter Sunday until his Ascension. However, the last sentence of St. John, 21:25 says: But there are also many other things that Jesus did, and if every one of them was recorded, I do not think...
Got Joy? Latest posts 4-25-19
Mary, the joyful evangelist Mary was an extraordinary evangelist, filled with the Holy Spirit. We are called as every-day evangelists with the grace of the Holy Spirit, as she was. CatholicMom: You can be that voice of hope You can be the voice that guides others to Jesus through your witness of how he...
Friar’s Corner: Great Easter blessings to you all
Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:1-49 I rested after the Chrism Mass last Monday in the cathedral. As I awoke I was singing “Come back to me with all your heart.” Then I was thinking about Easter and its great value and meaning. Getting closer to Jesus is to say a...
Friars Corner: Am I committed to be in Jesus, the true vine?
Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-28, 30-32; I John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 Holy Spirit, please give us more insights into God’s plan for our lives. As in other Sundays in the Easter season, we are looking at great images of Jesus in St. John’s gospel. Last week we reflected a little on Jesus our true shepherd, Ps...