Category: Sunday
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The Feast of Pentecost
Readings: Genesis 11:1-9 | Acts 2:1-21 | John 14:23-31 Text: Genesis 11:1-9 What’s in your heart? If you’re honest with yourself, most of it’s not pretty! There’s a good chance there’s some anger toward your parents or teachers in there. Probably also some jealousy toward your friends or classmates who have newer cars, or bigger…
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Seventh Sunday of Easter / The Ascension of Our Lord
Readings: Ezekiel 36:22-28 | 1 Peter 4:7-14 | John 15:26-16:4 Text: Luke 24:44-53; John 15:26–16:4 Times of uncertainty, fear, and disappointment leave us grasping for something sure. One of the effects of the pandemic five years ago was that it left people vulnerable to clinging to any confident sounding voice, or anyone who has a…
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Sixth Sunday after Easter
~ Rogate ~ Readings: Numbers 21:4-9 | James 1:22-27 | John 16:23:30 Text: Numbers 21:4-9 (read the text) It’s easy to chide the people and think, if I had been there, I wouldn’t have spoken against God and against Moses and Boy, did they get it for being grouchy! Good thing God doesn’t do that…
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Fifth Sunday of Easter
~ Cantate ~ Readings: Isaiah 12:1-6 | James 1:16-21 | John 16:5-15 Text: John 16:5-15 It’s a recurring complaint about the Bible that it’s so ancient that it’s out of step with modern life. After all, the earliest authors wrote 3,500 years ago. It’s possible to take a mystical approach and say, like the Wheel…
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Fourth Sunday after Easter
~ Jubilate ~ Readings: Isaiah 40:25-31 | 1 Peter 2:11-20 | John 16:16-22 Text: John 16:16-22 Scope of the next few Sundays: Preparing the disciples not just for the moment, but for the whole of the time of the Church, from Jesus’ Ascension to His return in glory. The next 3 Sundays aim us forward…
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Third Sunday after Easter
~ Misericordias Domini ~ Readings: Ezekiel 34:11–16 | 1 Peter 2:21–25 | John 10:11–16 Text: Ezekiel 34:11-16 Remember Peter, who was so promising? “18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18) This Peter denied 3…
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Second Sunday of Easter
~ Quasimodo Geniti ~ Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14 | 1 John 5:4-10 | John 20:19-31 Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14 You’ve heard it said, “Seeing is believing.” This works most of the time. You wouldn’t buy a car if the dealer refused to show you the one you were buying. You wouldn’t work long for an employer who…
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The Resurrection of Our Lord
Readings: Isaiah 25:6-9 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | John 20:1-18 Text: Mark 16:1-8 Alleluia! Christ is risen! The two Mary’s saw the corpse taken down from the cross. They watched as their dead Lord was hastily wrapped in a linen shroud and placed in the tomb. “Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw…
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The Resurrection of Our Lord (Sunrise)
Readings: Isaiah 25:6-9 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | John 20:1-18 Text: John 20:1-18 Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! No doubt you’ve seen it for a few weeks now. Easter sales, Easter dresses, Easter candy, Easter lilies. If you didn’t know better, you might think Easter is just another holiday with its…
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Palm Sunday
Readings: Zechariah 9:9-12 | Philippians 2:5-11 | Matthew 26-27 Text: John 12:12-19 (Procession Gospel) In St. John’s account of Palm Sunday, we find out that the crowd was composed of two main groups, both of whom knew that Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. The verses immediately before what we heard in the procession…