Today we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter, but we are hearing Pentecost readings. We reflect on God’s Voice, God’s Word, The Voice and the voices of those who believe.
I do not open the Bible, read from the Lectionary or pray the psalms without recalling these words.
Thomas must have had quite a reputation among the very earliest followers of Jesus!
There are days when I find myself complaining out loud in prayer: “Dear Jesus, could you have made it just a little easier?”
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, with the exuberant hosannas of the crowd that welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem quickly giving way to the mockery of Roman soldiers and the derision of the passers-by at Calvary.
“Jesus wept.” This simple phrase stops me in my tracks each and every time I read it.
The Gospel we proclaim today is all about how we see the world.
by Father John Cush In today’s Gospel according to John, we read about Jesus and His encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. It is a key Gospel for us to grasp if we wish to have a true Christian dialogue with our culture. First, we need to understand the context of this Gospel […]
by Father John Cush These past two Sundays, the focus of our readings is clearly set on the correct course in our Lenten journey. Last week, with the account given to us about original sin, we were able to reflect a bit on what the Church teaches about the nature of sin. It is, if […]
This first Sunday of Lent affords us the opportunity to reflect upon exactly what it is we are trying to combat in this holy season of Lent, namely sin. In all three readings, we learn not only about the nature of sin itself but also the remedy for sin.
by Father John Cush It’s been quite a year at the Vatican, to say the least! Who would have thought that for the first time in centuries, we would have a pontiff resign his papacy? Who would have thought that we would have the first pope elected from the Americas? Who would have thought that […]
