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Peace

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus said“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.… You heard me tell you,‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’If you loved me, you would rejoicethat I am going to the Father;” (Jn 14:23-29) Let us remember to lend a helping hand to each […]

Love

This week’s Gospel has a simple message:Love one another. Jesus said:“My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.I give you a new commandment: love one another.As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.This is how all will know that you are my disciples,if you have love for […]

Hear my voice

This week’s Gospel has a simple message:Jesus loves you. Follow him. Jesus said:My sheep hear my voice;I know them, and they follow me.I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.” (Jn 10:27-30) Please join us at Mass as we celebrate this holy seasonand find ways we can be inspired by Jesus’s love.

Feed the Soul

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus asks not only that we love him, but to help others learn to love and follow Jesus as well. Jesus said to him the third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and […]

Believe

In this week’s Gospel Jesus recognizes his many believers. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, […]

Alleluia

Alleluia! He is Risen! The word ‘Alleluia’ will feature abundantly in the Church’s liturgy for the Fifty Days of the Season of Easter. Saint Augustine, writing in the IV century, said: “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song.” The word comes from the Hebrew ‘Hallelujah’ and means ‘Praise the Lord.’ Please join us […]

Holy Week

Palm Sunday signals the upcoming end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. The day commemorates the spreading of palms and clothing in Jesus’ path as He entered Jerusalem prior to His crucifixion: They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. A very large crowd […]

Forgiveness

This Lenten season, we are reminded when the Pharisees brought a woman accused of adultery to Jesus. (Jn 8:1-11) He told the crowd “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her”.One by one they left and Jesus forgave the woman. This Lenten season we are […]

Infinite love

This Lenten season, we are reminded of the parable of the Prodigal Son who returned to his father. (Lk 15:1-3, 11-32) …Then let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found…” This Lenten season we are reminded that […]

Lenten Fig Tree

This Lenten season, we are reminded of the parable of the fig tree that bore no fruit. (Lk 13:1-9) …Then a gardner replied, “Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;it may bear fruit in the future..” This Lenten season we are reminded that God […]

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