Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20  The Christian belief in the Holy Trinity, one God existing as three persons, was first revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ.  Having said this, as a Christian people we can see evidence of the three persons of God scattered throughout the entirety of Hebrew Scriptures,...
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Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13; John 20:19-23 Today, with this feast of Pentecost, our annual celebration of the epic, which is the life of Jesus of Nazareth, has come to another conclusion.  Our celebration actually began last November with the celebration of the First Sunday of Advent.  Throughout those weeks of Advent we listened...
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Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians; Mark 16:15-20  After 33 years the circle has become complete.  The Son of God, who came down from heaven, taking on our humble human form, returns in triumph to be reunited with his Father.  Father and Son are once again perfectly united in heaven, as they had been for all eternity,...
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Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17 During this Easter Season Fr. Gary and I will be baptizing 15 babies.  Each of these children, whose ages are still measured in weeks and months are already loved.  They did not earn the love.    That is the way we all start out.  By an act of...
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5th Sunday of Easter – Cycle B – 2009 Acts 9:26-31; I John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 Jesus obviously lived in an agricultural society because of the many agricultural images he used in his parables.  He spoke of the Word of God in terms of a farmer sowing seed.  He spoke of the grain of...
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Second Sunday of Easter – Cycle B – 2009+ Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 Try to put yourself in the sandals of the apostles.  It is Easter Sunday night.  In the last four days they have witnessed the arrest, the conviction and crucifixion of Jesus.  They have placed him in a tomb...
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1st Sunday of Easter – Cycle B – 2009 Acts 10:34,37-43; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Mark 16:1-7 Christ is risen! Alleluia! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! This ancient Christian greeting summarizes today’s celebration of Easter. Nothing else need be said other than these words. But God gave us many details through the Gospel stories about...
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