Second Sunday of Easter – A
During the canonization of the Polish visionary, Sister Faustina Kowalska, on April 30,2000, St. John Paul II announced that the Second Sunday of Easter would becelebrated as…
Easter Sunday – A
Was it necessary that Jesus rise in His human body? Was there any reason that Heneeded a human body? Couldn’t He have just returned to…
Good Friday
The Passion and death of Jesus reveals God’s love for us, according to ThomasAquinas: “We could thus see how much God loved us, and so…
Passion (Palm) Sunday
Why did Christ suffer the Passion? St. Thomas Aquinas believes that the Passion wasnot absolutely necessary as God could have done otherwise but it was…
Fourth Sunday of Lent
We may share the disciples’ assumption that the difficulties of our lives are punishmentsfor something that we have done. However, Jesus tells the disciples that…
Third Sunday of Lent
The woman of Samaria is surprised to find a Jewish man at the well because Jewsavoided Samaritans. This well was traced by the local people…
Second Sunday of Lent
Years ago, we took our very sweet aunt Peggy out for breakfast. We forgot to tell herwhere we were going. When we parked the car,…
First Sunday of Lent – Year A
Why was Jesus tempted? Matthew, Mark and Luke place the temptations between theBaptism and the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The Gospels tell us that, after…
Sixth Sunday
The religious leaders of Jesus’ day taught that if you were not to break the Law ofMoses, the heart of which was the ten commandments,…
Fifth Sunday
According to the British Salt Association, salt “enhances flavors” and “brings out thenatural tastes in foods.” Can this be applied to Jesus’ words: “You are…