Posts Tagged ‘Resurrection’

Easter Sunday: Living in the Hope of Easter!

Apr 21, 2011

Lectionary Readings: (Taken from Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP’s Biblical Meditations for Easter Sunday) Acts 10:34, 37-43. The apostles are personal witnesses that Jesus rose from the dead, for they “ate and drank with him.” They are commissioned to preach Jesus, to whom the prophets testify and through whom there is forgiveness of sin. Colossians 3:1-4. ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Easter, Easter Sunday, hope, Jesus, Resurrection

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Fifth Sunday of Lent: Utopia… for real.

Apr 6, 2011

Lectionary Readings: (taken from the “Biblical Meditations for Lent” by Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP) Ezekiel 37:12-14. God will raise his people from the grave, place his spirit within them and settle them upon their land. Romans 8:8-11. The Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead dwells in us and will bring our mortal bodies to ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Ezekiel, Jesus, João Batista Libânio, Lazarus, Paul, Pope Benedict XVI, Resurrection, Spe Salvi, utopia

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Thirty second Sunday in Ordinary Time: The City of God

Nov 2, 2010

Lectionary Readings: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14. The martyrdom of the seven brothers and their mother, each encouraging the others to die for the sake of loyalty to God’s law and of faith in the resurrection 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3,5. Pray that we may be delivered from confused and evil people. The Lord keeps faith and will ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged City of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Maccabees, Paul, Resurrection, St. Augustine

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Second Sunday of Easter: Community Organizing

Apr 6, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Acts 5: 12-16. A third portrait (see “A” and “B “ Cycles for the other two) describing the life of the early church. The power of healing is prominent in this account. Revelations 1: 9-13, 17-19. John is called to write down his visions by Christ, the Son of Man, once dead and ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Acts, Community Organizing, Early Christian Community, Jesus, John, Resurrection, revelations, suffering

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Third Sunday of Easter

Apr 22, 2009

Readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 1 John 2:1-5a Luke 24:35-48 Thoughts for your consideration: by John Gonzalez I find the readings during the Easter Season fascinating. Here the disciples of Jesus just experienced an amazing tragedy with the death of the Messiah at the hands of the authorities. Afterwards they experience the amazing intervention by ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Acts, compassion, Easter, God, Greatest Commandment, incarnation, John, justice, Luke, Peter, poor, reconciliation, Resurrection

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Easter Message, 2009

Apr 14, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has consistently written on the topic of Hope within the Christian/Catholic context. His recent encyclical “Spe Salvi” is devoted to this topic and here I will offer this one excerpt from the text which in my opinion summarizes his thesis. The Christian faith has shown us that truth, justice and love are ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Africa, compassion, Easter, Fr. Don Senior, global warming, hope, justice, love, Paschal Mystery, Passionist, Pope Benedict XVI, Resurrection, Spe Salvi, suffering, truth, urbi et orbi

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Easter Sunday

Apr 8, 2009

Readings: Saturday Vigil: Genesis 1:1–2:2 Genesis 22:1-18 Exodus 14:15–15:1 Isaiah 54:5-14 Isaiah 55:1-11 Baruch 3:9-15, 32–4:4 Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28 Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-12 Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 John 20:1-9 or Mark 16:1-7 or Luke 24:13-35 Thoughts for your consideration: By John Gonzalez What are we to make of ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Easter Sunday, injustice, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Kingdom of God, Luke, Mark, Peter, Resurrection

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