Kindling the fire of Christ’s mission
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Pentecost Sunday – June 8, 2025 Whenever the Holy Spirit is present and active, something changes. In the Eucharist, simple bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. With... Read More

Becoming a patient people
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Ascension Sunday – June 1, 2025 As a liturgical feast, the Solemnity of the Ascension is primarily the beginning of a nine-day novena in preparation for the Solemnity of Pentecost. (This is clearer... Read More

More than Nourishment
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Seventh Sunday of Easter – June 1, 2025 The Masses of the Sundays of Easter time are also called the “Masses for the neophytes,” those newly baptized. These “new Christs” have been grafted... Read More

Anchored in love
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Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 25, 2025 The reading today from the Acts of the Apostles recounts an early church conflict. The new Christian community could have fractured at its beginnings if... Read More

Be known
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Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 18, 2025 “This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (Jn 13:35). At the beginning of this... Read More

Called to be good
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Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 11, 2025 As we move into the middle of the Easter season and, for some, the warmth of summer, we might be feeling a post-meal nap coming... Read More

Breaking the fast
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Third Sunday of Easter – May 4, 2025 “Come, have breakfast.” How often have we heard those words or something similar in our lifetime? Mothers, grandmothers, dads, lovers, hosts, all inviting us to... Read More

Tell what you see
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Second Sunday of Easter – April 27, 2025 Ten-year-old Laura Lentz’s father examined the letter she was writing to her favorite cousin. “All you do is write about yourself,” the future author recalled... Read More