Friends, ‘Peace be with you!’ With these words, the Risen Lord stood amongst his fear-filled followers and breathed the Holy Spirit upon them. With their hearts filled with joy, Jesus sent them out to bring the fire of his love…
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Friends, As Christ ascends to heaven, he promises to be with us always, and he commissions us to be his living message of hope, love, and compassion in a world rallying with a cry for peace. Christ is the head…
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Friends, Eastertide is drawing to an end, and there is a sense that an important event is about to happen. This week’s readings reassure us that we will not be left without comforting support. In the First Reading, we see how…
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Friends, As we continue to celebrate Eastertide, our readings this week follow the early church and ponder the words Jesus gave us at the Last Supper. The first reading shows how the disciples faced the growing tension between the Greek and Hebrew…
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Friends, On this Good Shepherd Sunday, the Gospel for each yearly cycle is always taken from St John, chapter 10, where Jesus speaks of himself as a Good Shepherd. In today’s Gospel, Jesus compares and contrasts himself with those religious leaders…
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Friends, The readings for this week are full of reminders of what Jesus’s resurrection has brought for us. Joy, Glory, Praise, Hope, and Faith are woven through each reading, inviting us to share again in the Eastertide celebration. In the first…
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Friends, Today, let us join Thomas in hailing Christ as our Lord and God. We, too, ask to be filled with the joy and peace of the disciples in seeing the risen Lord. The first reading tells how effectively the lives of the…
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Friends, We have journeyed with Jesus through the sorrow of Holy Week in whatever way possible. Now, let us pray for the grace to know gladness and the glory and joy of our Risen Lord in this Easter season. The Easter…
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Friends, Let us praise Christ, King of eternal glory! And as we begin Holy Week, our readings take us from the joy and Hosannas of Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem to a profound contemplation of his suffering and death. In…
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Friends, Today’s readings remind us how God wishes to release us from all that holds us back from him, whether it be sin, despair, or the grave itself. God desires to carry us from the emptiness of death, in all…
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