https://youtu.be/bmwurZg7YM4 The bride stands at the back of the church clutching her father’s arm as the wedding march begins. The entire wedding party is assembled at the altar. And her handsome groom awaits for her at the end of the aisle. But as she looks down the aisle she whispers to her father, “I […]
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The 6th Sunday of Easter
https://youtu.be/SYASwK3DAIM “I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you,” says Jesus in the Holy Gospel according to John. “In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live.” Today, Father Jerry shares his hope that comes from the nearly […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Matthias
https://youtu.be/2bZsNpfWWyM “If there is one thing that we are not feeling right now, it’s being in control,” says Father Jerry in today’s video on the Feast of St. Matthias. “Our lives are at the mercy of some unseen monster of a virus. Our work and school schedules blew up weeks ago. Grocery shopping has become […]
Continue ReadingTuesday after the 5th Sunday of Easter
https://youtu.be/A66UpH7SeLU The great American poet Emily Dickinson was also a magnificent letter writer, especially to those who had lost a loved one. To a friend whose child died suddenly, Dickinson wrote, “Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. Nay it is deity.” Today’s Gospel is all about this kind of wondrous and […]
Continue ReadingMonday after the 5th Sunday of Easter
https://youtu.be/Xre5ZFstP68 Click to watch. “We are a nation of weavers and rippers,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times, “The weavers try to spiritually hold each other, so that we can get through this together.” The rippers see everything through the prism of politics and division; it is a war that gives life meaning. […]
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