The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
Let us grow deeper in faith, hope and love from this day forward. Let us really repent of our past sins and not following Jesus. Let us spend more time each day closer to Jesus in our prayer, wanting to be closer to Him. He will heal us and fill us with all the grace and power we need to bring His good news to others.
Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13; 17-19; John 20:19-31 Those of us who continue to come to Sunday Eucharist (Mass) have not yet seen Jesus and still believe and pray for more grace to go deeper into the life of Jesus. We have heard the Doubting Thomas story from the end of...
Ezekiel 18:25-28; Ps 25:4-9; Philippians 2:1-5; Matthew 21:28-32; Philippians 2:1-5; 21:28-32 Dear Holy Spirit, fill the hearts and minds of your faithful and enkindle in us the fire of your of love. This is part of an ancient prayer of our church. It is part of what we are praying in today’s Psalm 25. We...
Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-10; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35 For me, this is the second most beautiful and powerful story about Easter Sunday. The first reading today is Peter’s sermon to the Jews who had gathered around the Upper Room at Pentecost. One hundred and twenty apostles and disciples broke out of...
Exodus 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8 We continue to beg God for his mercy on our country with this election, the conversion of all terrorists and care for the refugees. Thank you for having responded to God’s call.” Please come Holy Spirit, and fill our minds with your Divine Light. I see...
2 Samuel 12:7-10,13; Ps 32:1-2, 5,7,11; Galatians 2:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-50 The first and gospel stories today are expressions of God’s mercy and forgiveness for the humans he created. This mercy is completely unmerited. God’s love or mercy is a theme throughout the Bible. The Hebrew word is hesed. It is translated mercy except in...
JESUS IS RISEN, ALIVE, TRANSFORMED, GLORIFIED and ALWAYS WITH US, Alleluia! Alleluia! Acts 10:34a, 27-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9 A Blessed Easter to all of you and your families! So many books and movies have been produced about the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the...