Sixth Sunday of Easter (C) Mass Readings: 273 – 276 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Several times during the Easter season we have heard of the controversy created by God’s gift to gentiles of faith in the Lord Jesus. Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles presents the final decision reached by…
Fifth Sunday of Easter (C) Mass Readings: 271 – 273 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Throughout the Easter season, the readings can lead us to meditate upon various aspects of Christian life understood in light of the resurrection. The events surrounding the birth of new Christian communities described in Acts, for example, illustrate…
Fourth Sunday of Easter (C) Mass Readings: 268 – 271 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 There is a variety of people now serving in parishes and other church organisations, some with full-time jobs, others part-time. Some are married, some single, all are lay people. They will bring their training and their personal qualities…
Third Sunday of Easter (C) Mass Readings: 265 – 268 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 The Gospel relates an appearance of the risen Jesus to seven of his apostles on the shore of the lake of Gennesareth. The incident is built around Peter. A constant feature of the resurrection stories is that Jesus…
Second Sunday of Easter (C) Mass Readings: 262 – 265 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 St. Thomas in today’s Gospel showed his high regard for experience when he refused to believe in the risen Jesus without probing his nail-marks and putting his hand into his side. We may see mirages which don’t…
Easter Sunday (C) Mass Readings: 258 – 262 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Easter Sunday ‘Seeing is believing’; the witness of the apostolic group to the resurrection of Jesus. This witness we are invited to rely on and to share ourselves. Then we begin the process by which newness of life becomes…
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord (C) Mass Readings: 184 – 197 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Holy Week Palm Sunday This Weekend—Palm Sunday—we witness Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, with shouts of Hosanna and acclamation from the crowd. In the minds and hearts of the crowd this…
Fifth Sunday of Lent (C) Mass Readings: 176 – 179 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 First Reading: Isaiah recalls the wilderness wandering in Exodus and Numbers, but above all looks forward to the saving power of God to be experienced in the future. Psalm: a psalm of joy to come and hope in…
