Monthly Archives: April 2022

Year C – Third Sunday of Easter

Peter’s Mentor: The Beloved Disciple (Jn 21:1-19) In the liturgy, since the beginning of the Easter Triduum (the three days before Easter), through the Eastertide we hear so much from the Gospel of John. In the passion narrative and in … Continue reading

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Year C – Divine Mercy Sunday

In Jesus, I trust. One day a nurse at a hospital heard cries of ‘Help! Help!” coming from the room of a 96 year old woman who had broken her hip. They rushed in to find that she was just … Continue reading

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Year C – EASTER – The Resurrection of the Lord

WITNESS IS ONE WHO “SAW” THE LORD The words with which John begins his first letter are moving: “What we have heard and have seen with our own eyes, what we have looked at, and touched with our hands, I … Continue reading

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Year C – Easter Vigil

DO NOT LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD We Christian are convinced we are custodians of an excellent project of humanity and society. We are proud if the noble and elevated moral proposal that we preach is recognized. We … Continue reading

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Year C – Good Friday

WE CONTEMPLATED A LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH The dramatic agony on the cross has often led the preachers of the past to insist excessively on the gory aspects of Jesus’ passion. From this preaching, images, popular representations, and some devotions, … Continue reading

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Year C – Maundy Thursday

JESUS: BROKEN BREAD, OFFERED AS NOURISHMENT Among the many names by which the Eucharist was called, the one that best expresses the meaning and richness of the sacrament is the breaking of the bread. The disciples of Emmaus recognized the … Continue reading

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Year C – Palm Sunday

The King on a Pony en route to Die Lk 19:28-40 (Before the Procession) Today we begin the week of weeks in the liturgical calendar: the Holy Week. Today we begin the commemoration of the high points in the history … Continue reading

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Year C – Fifth Sunday of Lent

The Man Caught In Adultery! Jesus was teaching in the temple in the midst of his disciples, when some Pharisees and the Scribes brought to him a man who was caught in the very act of adultery. “Master, this man … Continue reading

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