Dear friend, In Sunday’s Gospel reading from St. Luke 24:35-48, Jesus appears to the disciples, “Peace be with you.” But they were frightened thinking they were seeing a ghost. Then, Jesus asked them “Why are you troubled? Why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I … More Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord! Psalm 4:6
Dear friend, Sunday, April 11, 2021 was Divine Mercy Sunday it is celebrated on the second Sunday after Easter ending the Octave of Easter. The feast became a part of the Catholic liturgical worship service on April 22, 2001. Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, according to her diary, then Sister Maria Faustina, was in her ‘cell’/bedroom … More “Peace be with you, as the Father has sent me, so I send you.” John 20:21
Dear friend, I pray you and yours had a very joyous Easter celebration this year – perhaps dinner, an Easter egg hunt, enjoying time with who ever you were able to get together with. Contrasting this Easter to the Easter of 2020 when many of us celebrated worship services, in the safety of our homes, … More He has risen! Alleluia!
Dear friend, when I hear this melancholy, thought provoking hymn I ask myself what if I had been there when they crucified our Lord? Would I have followed along with His mother Mary and those who remained close to Him all the way to the cross right up to when “He breathed His last”? Would … More “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” African-American hymn
Dear friend, Easter is less than 2 weeks away but in the days ahead I pray you are searching your heart for those things that may distance you from God and His son our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Regrets we have from our past can distance us from God and God does not want … More Create a clean heart in me O God. Psalm 51:12a
Dear friend, forgive me for my absence – I never stopped praying for you and would not have taken such a long absence if not for the very reason but that I contracted COVID-19. I battled it out here at home for one week but then it was necessary for me to be admitted to … More “I am the light of the world”, says the Lord; “whoever follows me will have light of life.” John 8:12
March 1, 2021 Monday of the Second Week in Lent Lectionary 230 Reading I – Daniel 9:4b-10 “Lord, great and awesome God,you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love youand observe your commandments!We have sinned, been wicked and done evil;we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws.We have not obeyed … More Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words of everlasting life. John 6:63c, 68c
February 28, 2021 Second Sunday of Lent Lectionary 26 Reading I – Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 God put Abraham to the test.He called to him, “Abraham!”“Here I am!” he replied.Then God said:“Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah.There you shall offer him up as a … More Brothers and sisters, if God is for us who can be against us?
February 27, 2021 Saturday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary 229 Reading I – Deuteronomy 26: 16-19 Moses spoke to the people, saying:“This day the LORD, your God,commands you to observe these statutes and decrees.Be careful, then,to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.Today you are making this agreement with … More Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord. Psalm 119:1b
February 26, 2021 Friday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary 228 Reading I – Ezekiel 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD:If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of … More Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Ezekiel 18:21
His Righteousness 