In the Great Jubilee Year 2000 Saint John Paul II placed into the Church’s liturgical calendar the observance of Divine Mercy Sunday on th ...
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Happy Easter! In the words of the hymn, “The strife is o’er, the battle done; Now is the Victor’s triumph won.” Having spent six w ...
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Today now goes by the name of “Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion.” Like today’s liturgy itself, this name reflects the dual mood of ...
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As we begin the final two weeks of Lent, Jesus announces in today’s Gospel, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” ...
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Today is Lætare Sunday, from the first word in Latin of the introit antiphon, “Rejoice, Jerusalem!” We have reached the midpoint of L ...
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Saint Paul teaches us today that “the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom.” (Second Reading) This affirms these verses in to ...
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Today’s Gospel tells the story of the Transfiguration. The Transfiguration occupies a place in the season of Lent similar to its positio ...
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In typical Marcan fashion today’s Gospel succinctly gets right to the point: Jesus spent forty days and forty nights in the desert, wher ...
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In today’s Gospel Jesus heals a man afflicted with leprosy. In the ancient world “leprosy” referred to a number of infectious skin d ...
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Today’s First Reading portrays the brokenhearted Job. He has lost everything: wealth, family and health. He has every right to compl ...
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