While there is much to unpack in today's first reading, I kept being struck by the greeting in Paul's vision: "Do not be afraid."   Jesus was so aware of the various fears that all of us confront as human beings throughout ...

You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. Acts 17|I will ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always. John 14|When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you ...

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.|When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. - Mt. 28:16 Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? - Acts ...

For the last three years, my all-student ensemble has worked on Thomas Tallis' "If Ye Love Me" for Easter season gospel readings like today's. It is a short piece, but it takes some work to get right because it is polyphonic* ...

Come Back to Life "You will grieve, but your grief will become joy." (John 16: 20) "You who were lost have now been found."  Paul rammed into the Spirit and his old convictions crumbled.  With God's help, he was freed from ...

Here is a reflection from Joe Zaborowski from 2015. Easter season has always been a dichotomy for me. The journey through Lent culminating in the Triduum seems to be the crescendo of the liturgical year. The next great ...

We all get it wrong sometimes. Maybe we announced to our co-workers that this Friday was casual dress day… and then found out that it was the following Friday. Or perhaps we promised to take our kids to the 7 pm showing ...

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.|When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. - Mt. 28:16 Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? - Acts ...

Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; I am on trial for home in the resurrection of the dead."|Acts of the ...

We are Easter people – we have been redeemed by Christ – we have seen Him suffer for us, die on the cross for us, be buried for us but then Rise for us and just last week ascend into Heaven.  So even the apostles now are ...