These reflections are from the reading for the weekends during the Cycle A Easter Season of the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
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Reflection for Ascension Sunday (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 1:11
Reading II: Ephesians 1:17-23
GOSPEL: Matthew 28:16-20
Conclusion of the Holy Gospel?!?!?
A priest friend of mine once told me a story of life in the seminary. One of the things they had to learn was how to proclaim the...
Reflection for Easter Sunday (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Reading II: Colossians 3:1-4
Vigil Gospel: Matthew 28:1-10
Easter Gospel 1: John 20:1-9
Easter Gospel 2: Luke 24:13-35
Alleluia! He Is Risen!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ has risen from the dead! As I write...
Reflection for Pentecost Sunday (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 2:1-11
Reading II: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
GOSPEL: John 20:19-23
Welcome, One and All!
I spent almost 20 years working for a global company. We had offices and factories around the world because that's where our customers...
Reflection for the 2nd Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 2:42-47
Reading II: 1 Peter 1:3-9
GOSPEL: John 20:19-31
Believing and Seeing
The Gospel reading this weekend contains one of the most recognized phrases in the Bible. The infamous "doubting Thomas" must place his fingers in...
Reflection for the 3rd Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 2:14, 22-33
Reading II: 1 Peter 1:17-21
GOSPEL: Luke 24:13-35
Jesus Christ, Optometrist?
I first read The Little Prince my senior year of high school. Yeah, yeah, it's a kids' book, I know. Since then, I’ve bought my own c...
Reflection for the 4th Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Reading II: 1 Peter 2:20b-25
GOSPEL: John 10:1-10
Church Leadership and Barking Dogs!
Sheep are supposed to be pretty stupid animals – but are they really? Sure, they need a shepherd to lead them – and a dog bar...
Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 6:1-7
Reading II: 1 Peter 2:4-9
GOSPEL: John 14:1-12
Are You Afraid of Success?
"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us....
Reflection for the 6th Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
Reading I: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
Reading II: 1 Peter 3:15-18
GOSPEL: John 14:15-21
The Spirit of Star Wars
"You must go to the Dagobah system. There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi master who instructed me." That's what the ghostly Obi-Wan...