Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday Peace to you and peace to everybody! On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their… Read More »ENFS147
Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of The Lord Easter, day of joy On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran… Read More »ENFS146
Palm Sunday of The Lord’s Passion To eat the Passover today When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I… Read More »ENFS142
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent The forgiveness heals Jesus …early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a… Read More »ENFL070
Fourth Sunday of Lent The ordinary and extraordinary providence Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.” While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on the evening of… Read More »ENFS140
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent The law and the freedom Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass… Read More »ENFL060
Third Sunday of Lent The call of Moses Meanwhile Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the Lord appeared to him… Read More »ENFS139
Second Sunday of Lent Give us, Lord, the courage of the cockchafer He [the Lord] took him outside and said: “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith in… Read More »ENFS138
First Sunday of Lent The temptations in the desert Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were… Read More »ENFS137
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The prayer in difficult situations When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do a man’s faults when he speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in his conversation is the test… Read More »ENFS163
