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The Easter Vigil - Christ is Risen
It begins with the blessing of the Easter Fire and from it the Pascal Candle, which is then brought into the darkened church. The Exultet, the great hymn of light, is sung. The Easter Vigil Mass is the service that...
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Easter Sunday March 31, 2024
Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43, Colossians 3:1-4, John 20:1-9
The stone across the tomb symbolized the end of the road; for them, Jesus has been locked in, no way out. But the God who makes...
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Holy Thursday - The Last Supper at Mass
The central observance of Holy Thursday is the ritual reenactment of the Last Supper at Mass. This event is celebrated at every Mass, as part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but it is specially commemorated on Holy Thursday. Except...
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Archbishop Leo Celebrates with the Faithful during Palm Sunday
Archbishop Leo celebrated Mass at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica with a full congregation. Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem, during which palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday and his...
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Palm Sunday March 24, 2024
Readings: Is 50: 4-7; Ph 2: 6-11; Mk 14: 1-15:47
Let us try to pick up some significant things in the passion narrative. I can think of three sad things: a) betrayal; b) abandonment; and c...
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5th Sunday of Lent March 17, 2024
Readings: Jeremiah 31.31-34, Hebrews 5.7-9, John 12.20-33
While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, several Greeks, curious because of what he had been doing, express the wish to see him...
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4th Sunday of Lent March 10, 2024
Readings: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23, Ephesians 2:4-10, John 3:14-21
There is often a time in a long journey when we find the going hard. The enthusiasm with which we set out has faded...
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3rd Sunday of Lent March 3, 2024
Readings: Exodus 20:1-17,1 Corinthians 1:22-25, John 2:13-25
In today’s Gospel we read about how Jesus overturned the tables of the merchants and the moneychangers in the Temple at Jerusalem. Worship at...
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2nd Sunday of Lent February 25, 2024
Readings: Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18, Rom 8:31b-34, Mark 9:2-10
Let us give all to the Lord and receive from the Lord whatever He sends us. That is the invitation of...
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1st Sunday of Lent February 18, 2024
Readings: Genesis 9:8-15, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:12-15
Forty days in the wilderness was not easy, but Jesus conquered them all as a true man. Jesus proclaimed: “This is the time of fulfillment...
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6th Sunday Ordinary Time February 11, 2024
Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46, 1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1, Mark 1:40-45
The first reading today is from the Book of Leviticus, which is one of the early books of Hebrew Scripture, one of...
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5th Sunday Ordinary Time February 4, 2024
Readings: Job 7:1-4, 6-7,1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23, Mark 1:29-39
Most of us probably already know the story of Job. He was a man who believed completely in the Lord and...
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4th Sunday Ordinary Time January 28, 2024
Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20, 1 Corinthians 7:32-35, Mark 1:21-28
God’s authority in our daily lives is important. Who speaks for God? Do we want to listen to God? Are we...
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3rd Sunday Ordinary Time January 21, 2024
Readings: John 3.1-5,10, 1Cor 7:29-31, Mk 1:14-20
Repent! Here we are in Ordinary Time and it sounds like Lent! The beginning of the ministry of Jesus Christ begins with Jesus calling...
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2nd Sunday Ordinary Time January 14, 2024
Readings: 1Samuel 3.3b-10,19, 1Corinthians 6.13-15a, 17-20, John 1.35-42
The First reading from the first Book of Samuel was explicit in the presentation of the voice of God calling on Samuel to serve...