Tag Archive for ‘Easter’
Sunday 10 May
Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48, Ps. 98 1 John 4:7-10, John 15:9-17 Food for the Journey This Sunday’s Gospel passage is like a sandwich: two pieces of bread – ‘top’ ‘This is My commandment – love one another,’ ‘bottom’ ‘What I command you is to love one another.’ And the two fillings: […]
Saturday 4 April
HOLY SATURDAY Romans 6:3-11, Ps 118, Mark 16:1-8 God’s generosity to us Our readings for today come from the Easter vigil. There are many to choose from. We hear of the history of God’s generosity to his people, from the creation of the world, through the Exodus, the sending of prophets and finally the ultimate […]
Christ our Light and Companion
Easter Vigil See Readings Saturday 4th April – page 19 In the Eucharist’s Offertory prayer, we bless the ‘God of all creation’. From his ‘goodness we have received’ gifts: of bread – ‘work of human hands’ and of wine – ‘fruit of the earth’, to be transformed into our spiritual food and drink. This is […]
Sunday 11 May
Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14,36-41, 1 Peter 2:20-25, Ps 23, John 10:1-10 Mother’s Day We recognize the voices of those we love. We sense their affirmation, tensions, pain, their love. Love is being in relationship – being with others in an intimate, attuned way. We are grateful for those who loved us into being […]
Sunday 27 April
2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47, Ps 118, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31 When seeing is believing We believe that Jesus rose from the dead not because we have seen evidence but because we have faith. Thomas was unable to join the disciples in their celebration of the resurrection because he needed to see the […]
Sunday 20 April
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34, 37-43, Ps 118, Col 3:1-4, John 20:1-9 Beyond belief Nothing can prepare us for Easter. Easter is about believing the impossible, celebrating the miraculous and embracing the mysterious. Resurrection from the dead is beyond our imagining let alone our comprehending. Even Jesus’ own disciples failed to understand what the Scriptures had […]
Transformation
The month of April normally heralds the change of colours and the fall of leaves in our trees. Autumn is upon us. The final fruits of the summer season are gathered in and we take stock as the rhythm of a new year settles in. A time of transformation is taking place. A month or […]
On Losing One’s Voice
Over the last year I have progressively lost my speaking voice as the nerves in my throat and larynx give up the ghost. The throat muscles are down to about 25% capacity and my voice is a strangled monotone. My voice started to fail after a bad turn in August 2011. Things came to a […]
Easter Reflections
The Cross and the Crown by Lalla Loeffen Jesus says to us, “Take up your cross daily and follow me”. He asks us to accept the pain and suffering, the hardship and trials that life brings, and walk with Him through it all The cross is the symbol of our redemption. Through his suffering on […]
The Liturgical Calendar and the Easter Triduum
The origin and heart of the Liturgical Calendar is the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus. The Catholic Liturgical Calendar helped shape the Calendar of the civil year that is used throughout the world. The Calendar is so much part of the fabric of our Society that we tend to forget that it […]
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