Fourth Sunday of Easter • Year C
As the good shepherd, Jesus goes beyond being a hired hand who only works for pay. Jesus cares for, protects, and defends his sheep because he truly loves them and, even more importantly, because they are a gift from the Father – entrusted to Jesus’ care and safekeeping.
Third Sunday of Easter • Year C
The grace of the resurrection was given to Peter by Jesus, and that grace was brought to completion by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost which enabled weak, imperfect Peter to become a sincere lover of Jesus. Peter gives us hope that we too can reconcile our weaknesses into moments of grace and transformation.
Second Sunday of Easter • Year C
As we celebrate Easter this year , there are so many people who are hurting, including ourselves at times,. We are called to treat them with love and care as Jesus did. We need to be willing to hear their stories and, like Thomas, touch their wounds.
Easter Sunday • Year C
The triumph of Jesus-God was that he saved human beings despite themselves. More accurately, he made salvation possible for them. Now the real battle began … the battle to make the possibility of salvation a reality for each individual.
Palm Sunday • Year C
This day, we remember Christ’s journey to the cross. We remember our role in his passion – our own sinfulness. He lifts us up, redeems us and restores our dignity. It is to more fully experience all that this love of God has done for us that we participate in the prayer and worship of this solemn holy week.
Fifth Sunday of Lent • Year C
By walking away from Jesus, by ignoring the call to repentance and by being stuck in our own way of thinking and judgment, we can miss the new beginning that Christ is giving us. Stay and be one with Jesus, and so we receive the new beginning he is offering us.
Fourth Sunday of Lent • Year C
Regardless of the sin, we are forgiven through the blood that he shed for us on the cross. Jesus doesn’t say to us: “It’s not fair. I gave up my life for you and yet you’re still having a great time sinning in the world.” Rather, Christ says to us: “I have died for all of you, regardless of who sinned more than the next person. I give to each of you according to what you need.”
Third Sunday of Lent • Year C
As Moses drew near to the burning bush, we might ask ourselves: what invitation is being offered to us to draw near to the Lord? To what awakenings is God calling you? What is in your heart? As we continue our Lenten journey, may our prayer be that our hearts be once again “awakened” to God, to life, to repentance and to love. The more awakened we become, the more we come to recognize and bless God who is the source of all awakenings!
Second Sunday of Lent • Year C
Peter, James, and John are surrounded by glorious light: “his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white,” and “they saw his glory.” But they run, they hide, they deny. They are unchanged. How is this possible? If a healthier diet, a faster car, better clothes, more efficient time management, more effective communication, or a more positive outlook can change someone’s life, how can the appearance of divinity itself, blazing with the light which burned before the stars were born, fail to renovate these fishermen?
First Sunday of Lent • Year C
Why do we give things up in Lent? So that a small denial, a freely sacrificed dessert or glass of beer, may remind us of the source of everything we have been given during the rest of the year, everything we have too easily taken for granted. Why do we strive to pray more, to come to confession, to set aside some money for the poor? Because all of these give God praise. All of these free acts of penance and charity are the sacrifice which pleases God, because they acknowledge Him as Lord by fulfilling His commandment of love.