The readings for today continue the account of the early Church as told in the Acts of the Apostles and continues the Farewell Discourse from the Gospel of John in which Jesus, on Holy Thursday,...
Spirit and Persecutions
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Friar Reflection
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St. Bernardino of Siena
Today is the feast day of the Franciscan Bernardino of Siena, OFM, (sometimes Bernardine). He was an Italian priest, missionary, and a Catholic saint most noted for his preaching and evangelizing...
Sharing Easter Joy
It is rather difficult to talk about the resurrection in general terms. How can we explain it? Even the symbols that we use, which are beautiful and ornate, seem to be inadequate: Easter bunnies,...
Being Part of the Body
Jesus says that some of His followers are fruit bearing branches of Himself; others are useless because they bear no fruit. So, who was Jesus thinking of when He spoke of fruitless branches? First,...
Talking in circles
If you are following the daily gospels for Mass, you will have noticed that we are relying on Jesus’ Farewell Discourse presented in Chapters 13 through 17. The context is the eve of the...
Easter Joy from Indwelling of God
Much of what Jesus said in his long farewell address during the Last Supper, part of which we hear in today’s Gospel, must have been hard for the disciples to understand at first. His disciples were...