TWO POEMS FOR PENTECOST Today we feel the wind beneath our wings Today the hidden fountain flows and plays Today the church draws breath at last and sings As every flame becomes a…

THE ASCENSION  A Know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time. When children grow up and leave home to begin a life on their own,…

6th   SUNDAY OF EASTER  A        John 14: 15-21 “Knowing God is more important than knowing about God,” the 20th century theologian Karl Rahner once said. Knowing a person is essentially…

5th  SUNDAY OF EASTER   A              John 14: 1-14 It has been a month since Easter. A lot has happened in our lives and in the world. Has the glow of…

4th Sunday Easter  A This Sunday has been called Vocations Sunday and bishops traditionally expected their priests to preach on vocations to the priesthood. I’ve never been at ease with…

3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER A Luke’s story of the two on the road to Emmaus is a classic. “Two of them” – disciples, camp-followers, friends of the apostles, visitors up…