April 26, 2026, Fourth Sunday of Easter: The new Christian communities Peter speaks about were not only alternatives to the ways of the Roman world but could be an alternative, perhaps, even to our own.
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Shattered hopes now restored
April 19, 2026, Third Sunday of Easter: All of this Sunday’s readings focus on the relationship between the Old Testament and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
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Faith as evidence of things not seen
April 12, 2026, Second Sunday of Easter: Our Church sets forth a two-thousand-year testimony of the lives of men and women, the great communion of saints, as well as those perhaps in our own time whose lives of faith “bear evidence of things not seen.”
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A light shines in the darkness
April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday: Let us pray that Christ’s life and light will open our hearts to encounter him this Easter and throughout this holy season.
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A love that conquers death
April 4, 2026, Easter Vigil: The readings on this holiest of nights prove particularly poignant and revelatory. They disclose in the starkest of narratives and poetic verses the very nature of our God.
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The High Ethic of Love
March 29, 2026, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: This Sunday’s Gospel of the Passion will provide our first glance at the tragedy that followed, one that will take place on yet a different mount, Calvary.
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Unrestrained discipleship
March 22, 2026, the Fifth Sunday of Lent: Discipleship to which we are called cannot be limited by the potential negative consequences that result.
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A cure for blindness: Seeing as God sees
March 15, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Lent: God’s gaze looks past what we often define as “appealing” outward appearances of dress, ethnicity, race, or physical features. Instead, God looks into our hearts.
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Relationships that eclipse all barriers
March 8, 2026, the Third Sunday of Lent: Filled with divine love, and made in the divine image, we all are created for relationships.
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Catching a glimpse of the divine
March 1, 2026, the Second Sunday of Lent: The transfigured Jesus who was made available to these apostles in all his glory is also available to us.