In today’s Gospel reading, Nicodemus and Jesus are having an evening conversation about being born again. It does not make sense to Nicodemus who asks, “How can a man once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot re-enter his mother’s womb and be born again, can he?” Father Jerry shares in his homily that […]
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Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19
Today is the second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday. “Three times in today’s Gospel, Jesus promises us the gift of peace,” says Father Jerry, “This peace that the risen Jesus gives obviously it is not freedom from day-to-day worries or pain. No, the peace of the risen Jesus is an ongoing attitude of […]
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Today in Mark’s Gospel, we have the great commissioning of Jesus’ followers. At the very end of Mark’s Gospel, our active lives as disciples of Christ are starting to begin. Commission, or co-mission, like the word cooperate. Commission is a “together thing.” Even the most clueless of Jesus’ disciples now get it. Jesus has started […]
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Jesus is “the stone rejected by the builders,” and He “has become the cornerstone,” is today’s responsorial psalm. Father Jerry encourages us in today’s homily to look for that stone of patience, and to cast away that stone of selfishness. “Today, find the stone of gratitude and make it the cornerstone of a bridge,” he […]
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This morning Father Jerry briefly explains the meaning behind “The Octave” of Easter. He reads from the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus stands before the group of terrified disciples and says, “Peace be with you.” They think it must surely be a ghost, but Jesus says, “Look at my hands and my feet, that it […]
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