The Resurrection: From Darkness to Transformation The coronavirus crisis forces us to choose between life and love of money, says pope https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/04/epidemic-danger-and-catholic-sacraments Pray, Trust, Act, and Hope: An Easter Letter
From an easter homily by Melito of Sardis (died 180 AD). We should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the Law it is old, in terms of the Word it is new....
Hymns for Easter Mass (Vigil and 10am) Offertory Alleluia, Alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord,Alleluia, alleluia, give praise to His name. Jesus is Lord of all the earth.He is the King of creation. Refrain. Spread the good news o’er all the earth.Jesus has died and has risen. Refrain. We have...
Below is a very thoughtful Poem by an Irish Capuchin brother. I have put it in the bulletin for Easter Sunday which will be uploaded later today. Lockdown Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation. Yes there is panic buying. Yes there is sickness. Yes there is even...
From an Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he...
The Coronavirus has put us all in crisis, and not just in terms of our health-care infrastructure or our employment situation or how our government is administered or our lifestyles. It has certainly put all these in crisis. But it has brought into focus, into the open, something much...
Readings: Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; Psalm 115(116):12-13,15-18; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 I’ve only ever seen on television a celebration of the Passover in a Jewish family. It commemorates the original Passover of some 3,300 years ago, yet even today the way it is celebrated still has a strong sense...
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/04/together-in-isolation https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/04/faith-and-love-in-tandem https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/12731/the-pope-s-message-of-hope-for-a-world-in-lockdown Dancing Franciscans urge people to stay home
From a Treatise on St. John by St. Augustine (354-430) Dear brethren, the Lord has marked out for us the fullness of love that we ought to have for each other. He tells us: No one has greater love than the man who lays down his life for his...
