Step beyond the familiar
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Pentecost Sunday – May 19, 2024 Many dioceses celebrate liturgy in a multitude of languages. The three major ones in mine are English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. When our Irish-born bishop was assigned to... Read More

Wait for the spirit
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Solemnity of the Ascension – May 12, 2024 We come to another symbolic number in Luke’s account. Just as Jesus was “led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days” (Lk 4:1–2)... Read More

Adjusting our orientation
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The Seventh Sunday of Easter – B – May 12, 2024 We return to the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles this week, to the choosing of Judas Iscariot’s successor. There... Read More

Redefine our relationships
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The Sixth Sunday of Easter – B – May 5, 2024 Today when Christians are everywhere, it is hard to grasp the magnitude of what Peter experienced in Cornelius’s home. The revelation of... Read More

Prune our hearts
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The Fifth Sunday of Easter – B – April 28 2024 Much has happened in the Acts of the Apostles since last week’s passage. Peter, John, and the man they had healed are... Read More

Heed and follow
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter – B – April 21 2024 We get another speech from Peter in today’s first reading but with a different context. Last week, Peter preached the Gospel to... Read More

New life in Christ
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The Third Sunday of Easter – B – April 14 2024 Disabled from birth, he couldn’t imagine what it was like to stand. But now he was walking and jumping and praising God!... Read More

Now what?
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The Second Sunday of Easter – B – April 7 2024 Christ is risen, alleluia! Now what? If our Lenten observance was more than just an annual effort to become better people, how... Read More