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Sixth Sunday of Easter, 2026 Reading 1: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 Reading 2: 1 Pt 3:15-18 Gospel: Jn 14:15-21 As mentioned previously, during the Easter season our first reading from “Acts” is meant to draw our attention to the...
Fifth Sunday of Easter Reading 1: Acts 6:1-7 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 Reading 2: 1 Pt 2:4-9 Gospel: Jn 14:1-12 As mentioned previously, it is during the Easter Season that we celebrate the origins of the church in the first century. And the early...
Fourth Sunday of Easter Reading 1: Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6 Reading 2: 1 Pt 2:20b-25 Gospel: Jn 10:1-10 Our first reading this week from chapter 2 of “Acts” is a continuation of our first reading from last Sunday from “Peter’s...
Praise be Jesus Christ now and forever! Praise be His Holy Name. You, God, are all-loving, all-powerful, all-merciful. You are, were, and always will be. You are constant in Your love and pursuit of Your people. You are constant in Your mercy and discipline. You are...
Third Sunday of Easter Reading 1: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Reading 2: 1 Pt 1:17-21 Gospel: Lk 24:13-35 Once again, our first reading this week comes from St. Luke’s: “The Acts of the Apostles,” rather than from the Old Testament...
Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy) Reading 1: Acts 2:42-47 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Reading 2: 1 Pt 1:3-9 Gospel: Jn 20:19-31 This week, we celebrate the second Sunday of Easter, also known as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” Divine Mercy...
Easter 2026 Once again, I have chosen not to print out the readings for Easter as there are several and depending upon the Mass you attend this weekend, you will hear one of three different gospels. All of them, of course, deal with the Resurrection of Christ, but the...
The readings for Palm Sunday are far too lengthy to copy into a reflection, and they are scriptures we are all familiar with. On Palm Sunday we first have a processional gospel of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem from the Gospel of Matthew, readings from Isaiah and...
Praise be Jesus Christ! Praise be His holy name! He is all-good, all-knowing, all-merciful. He exacts perfect love and justice. He is God! Thank You, God for Your most holy and perfect love. Thank You for the gift of holy conversations and holy friendships. Thank You...
Fifth Sunday of Lent Reading 1: Ez 37:12-14 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Reading 2: Rom 8:8-11 Gospel: Jn 11:1-45 Once again, there is a shorter version of this gospel that the presider may choose to proclaim at Mass, but I eliminated that version...
