This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday after Easter. Even in this season of joy, there is an element of sadness; as the Gospel reading recalls for us the farewell discourse delivered by Our Lord to His disciples at the Last Supper.
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Third Sunday after Easter. The Gospel reading for this Sunday presents a notable example of the way in which Jesus could sometimes baffle even His closest followers. “A little while,” he tells them, “and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father” (John 16:16).
Continue readingThis Sunday, the Second Sunday after Easter, is known as “Good Shepherd Sunday” because of the message conveyed by Jesus in the Gospel reading: “I am the good Shepherd.
Continue readingThis Sunday is known as Low Sunday, but it is also listed in the Roman Calendar of 1962 as The Octave Day of Easter and Dominica in Albis. It was known as Quasimodo Sunday in the past, and in recent decades it has come to be called Divine Mercy Sunday.
Continue readingChristus Resurréxit! Resurréxit Vere! This Sunday is Easter Sunday, but the season of Eastertide actually begins with celebration of the Easter Vigil on Saturday night.
Continue readingThis Sunday, the second in Passiontide, is Palm Sunday. For centuries this last Sunday in Lent has celebrated the triumphal entry into Jerusalem made by Jesus just days before his arrest and crucifixion.
Continue readingThis Sunday, the fifth in the season of Lent, is known as Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of Passiontide, the period of a dozen days at the end of Lent during which the Church has traditionally reflected on the events leading up to the crucifixion and death of Our Lord.
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