Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter Season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings In the Old Testament, Leviticus 23 talks about the Festival of Shavuot (Festival of Weeks), which happens 50 days after Passover. Traditional Judaism marks this as the day when Moses was given READ MORE
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The Resurrection of the Lord – The Mass of Easter Day
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Easter Season In 1969 the General Norms for the Liturgical Year was approved by Pope Paul VI which implemented the reforms of Vatican II. This is what those norms say about the Easter season: In summary, the whole fifty days of Easter is like one long Sunday READ MORE
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts / Solemnities The Easter season is over and we are now technically in Ordinary Time but first there are two important Feasts. The readings for Feasts always encompass an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and a Gospel reading. All READ MORE
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. Today’s Readings and the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity The Season of Easter is over and although technically we are in the season of Ordinary Time, we first we have two Solemnities that celebrate particular doctrines: The Trinity and the Body and Blood of Christ. Bishop Arius READ MORE
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings We are headed into the final stretch of the Easter season. Next week is Ascension, then Pentecost which closes out the season and transitions us back into Ordinary Time. The readings of READ MORE
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings We continue the Easter season focus of the last 3 Sundays of Easter: putting faith into action. Themes for today include * Need to bridge tensions between conflicting views or groups within READ MORE
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Reading and Feast The first three Sundays of Easter are focused on resurrection appearances – a reminder that Christ is still with us! Today marks a shift into a different emphasis: our ongoing READ MORE
Second Sunday of Easter
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Reading and Feast This is Divine Mercy Sunday and it concludes the Octave of Easter. This is based on the devotion to the Divine Mercy that St. Faustina Kowalska reported as part of READ MORE
Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Season of Lent Lent is intended to be a joyful walk toward Easter, a progression of the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. The focus is on uncovering and rejecting everything that tarnishes or warps Christ’s image within us, all that keeps us from being READ MORE
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Season of Lent Lent is intended to be a joyful walk toward Easter, a progression of the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. The focus is on uncovering and rejecting everything that tarnishes or warps Christ’s image within us, all that keeps us from being READ MORE