Pascha VIII: Pentecost 2020 – Cycle A Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 It has been a most unusual Lenten – Easter journey this year. Ninety days of fasting and abstinence from each other, from gathering, … Continue reading →

The Seventh Sunday of Easter 2020 – Cycle A Acts 1:12-14; Psalm 27; 1 Peter 4:13-16; John 17:1-11 For as often as it is recorded in the Gospels that Jesus prays, we are only privy a few times to his … Continue reading →

The Solemnity of the Ascension 2020 – Cycle A Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20 Anthropologists, poets and mythology have taught us that boys need to be made into men and only men can initiate boys into manhood. … Continue reading →

The Sixth Sunday of Easter 2020 – Cycle A Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Psalm 66; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 Life is full of arrivals and departures. As a priest I walk in and out of many people’s lives. You are … Continue reading →

The Fifth Sunday of Easter 2020 – Cycle A Acts 6:1-7; Psalm 33; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12 “What you are going to do, do quickly.” …and into the night Judas leaves the supper. “I will be with you only … Continue reading →

The Fourth Sunday of Easter 2020 – Cycle A Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 23, 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 Living in the 21st century and in a technologically modern culture, it can often be difficult to resonate with Jesus’ parables … Continue reading →