Category Archives: Easter Season
Pentecost Sunday – C
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor. 12:3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23 Receive the Holy Spirit In the recent years I have been travelling and living in different cultural contexts. The question, “Where do you come from,” has become so difficult for me to … Continue reading
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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – C
Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9; Eph 1:17-23; Lk 24:46-53 Eyes Fixed on Heaven and Feet Firm on the Earth Luke tells us in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 1:3) that Jesus was seen in his risen form … Continue reading
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Sixth Sunday of Easter – C
Readings: Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8; Rev 21:10-14, 22-23; Jn 14:23-29 Friendship with Christ brings Interior Peace Jesus has given us His all: – Soul to His Father – Body to Joseph of Arimathea – Clothes to … Continue reading
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Fifth Sunday of Easter – C
Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145:8-13; Rev 21:1-5; Jn 13:31-35 LOVE: a Sign of Christian Discipleship WWJD = LOVE; GOD IS LOVE When we read the earlier passage of the gospel of John, prior to this Sunday reading [Jn 13], Jesus … Continue reading
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Second Sunday of Easter – C (Divine Mercy Sunday)
Readings: Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118:2-4,13-15, 22-24; Rev 1:9-13,17-19; Jn 20:19-31 GOD’S DIVINE MERCY Deep down, we need to be loved. We need to feel that there is someone who truly understands us, values us and cares for us. Yet for … Continue reading
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Easter Sunday – C
Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 THE GREAT TRIUMPH OF GOD’S LOVE Our faith is rooted firmly and solidly in the soil of human history. The mystery … Continue reading
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