Happy Easter! Jesus Christ is truly Risen! Enjoy the Easter Homily from the Vigil last night. The video is at the bottom with homily beginning around the 1:47:00 mark. I hope to post some pictures later today. This indeed is a holy night! The holiest of the year! Jesus Read more…
Happy Easter! I pray you experience the grace of new life that is ours in the Risen Christ! Please be assured of my deep gratitude to all our priests, deacons and liturgical ministers, choirs and volunteers who helped with all the liturgies during this Holy Week. I pray the celebration Read more…
Jesus speaks with Nicodemus in today’s Gospel (John 3:1-8), about the necessity to be “born from above” in order to see the Kingdom of God. We are curious as was Nicodemus as to how we can experience such a ‘rebirth.’ The answer lies in Jesus Christ, not only his teaching, Read more…
Our Easter Octave continues … In today’s Gospel, we continue reading the resurrection story from the Gospel of John. We learn that when the Risen Jesus appeared to Mary, she did not recognize him, but rather mistook him to be the gardener. Let’s take a closer look at both of Read more…
Our Lenten journey is now over. We have accompanied Jesus through his agony, passion and death. Tonight / Today we celebrate that he who was dead now lives forever, and holds the keys of death and hell. (3rd Antiphon; Holy Saturday Morning Prayer) Just when those who sought to silence Read more…
Twice in today’s Gospel, (John 20:11-18) Mary Magdalen is asked why she is weeping. She has kept vigil at the tomb, grieving the tragic crucifixion and death of Jesus. The man who loved her with great mercy and forgiveness has been taken from her. Now, on top of this grief, the empty tomb Read more…
For photos from the Vigil, you may look here. I’m particularly grateful to Matt Potter, who got some spectacular shots of a beautiful ceremony. Happy Easter! Jesus Christ is Risen from the dead. If you paid close attention yesterday, you heard that after he was laid in the tomb, and Read more…
In the Office of Readings today we read in the Book of Exodus (Chapter 3) of God’s appearance to and call of Moses from the burning bush. One of the things I love about this season of Lent is the opportunity to read again the Book of Exodus. Moses is Read more…
Ashes – a call to humbly recognize our origins: dust of the earth and the creative love of God. As in death we return to the earth, so we shall return to God. God is our origin and our glorious destiny. Any accomplishments on this earth belong to God, while Read more…
Spring is such a teacher in the ways of faith. As Christians, we believe that the cross always leads to new life. These spring turkeys have survived the harshness of winter. Yes, even though it is not yet Spring, these turkey spotted today “somewhere near Sheridan, WY” were already yelping and gobbling, which Read more…