The Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; John 17:20-26 How many of us thought that with the murder of 26 people, 20 of which were children between 6 and 7 years old, at Sandy … Continue reading →

The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1–11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17–23; Luke 24:46–53 We have witnessed with the retiring of one flag and the raising of another flag, power and authority being transferred between nations, as for … Continue reading →

The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1–2, 22–29; Psalm 67:2–3, 5–6, 8; Revelation 21:10–14, 22–23; John 14:23–29 In the Blessed Sacrament Chapel is a painting by Janet Brook-Gerloff entitled Emmaus. It depicts the two disciples walking home after the crucifixion … Continue reading →

The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 14:21–27; Psalm 145; Revelation 21:1–5a; John 13:31 33a, 34–35 Our story opens with an act of wondrous imagination and inspiration. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…” [Genesis 1:1] And the … Continue reading →