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Recently someone told me about their family reunions. Because the grandparents were a farm couple with large numbers of siblings and children, the reunions are very large. So in addition to nametags, the different descendant branches of the family wear shirts of different colors! And there is some food provided,…
It is Trinity Sunday. What does Trinity mean to you? The statement that God is love begins to be filled out as we see God’s works. God is a creating movement of love at each nanosecond of existence in the unfinished universe; God is a saving movement of love —…
When a baby is born, it must immediately transition from dependence on its mother for supplying oxygen to its cells and take its first breath. It is a powerful moment. Breath is a sign of life. In the creation account in Genesis (2:7), God blew the breath of life into…
“Gladden us with holy joy, almighty God … for the Ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation, and where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope.” These words are from the opening prayer of the feast of the Ascension, celebrated this…
“Finisher” is a term used in a variety of ways. It could be a relief pitcher in baseball, or the last person on the winning relay team. It could be tradespeople who put finishing touches on a new house, or the financial or corporate person who completes the last legal…
Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him (Jn 13:31). Jesus speaks these words right after Judas leaves to arrange his arrest. He is telling his disciples that his coming crucifixion and death is a beginning, not an end. Shakespeare’s line, “The evil that do…
It is “Good Shepherd Sunday.” This Sunday’s Gospel is one of the shortest in our three-year cycle of readings. It describes the unity between Jesus, his Father, and his sheep. It gives us a feeling of security about our lives as we hear Jesus say, “My sheep hear my voice;…
An animal is a central figure in readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter (Rev 5:11-14 and John 21:1-19). In Hebrew history, the lamb is the covenant animal; its blood smeared on their door posts saved Hebrew families from death in the Exodus story. In Jesus’ time and today, lambs…
In 2000, Pope St. John Paul established the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. Every year we hear the same Gospel on this Sunday, the one in which the apostle Thomas encounters the Risen Christ. Thomas, who happened to be gone when Jesus appeared to the other apostles,…
I wish everyone could hear the Gospel for the Wednesday after Easter (Lk 24: 13-35) preached on one of our Sundays after Easter. It is the Gospel about two disciples — we don’t know their names — who are walking toward a village called Emmaus. They are downcast because of…