We live in difficult, perilous, tragic times. Covid 19 is one of the most terrible disasters of the past several hundred years, surpassed perhaps only by the...
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting....
The Easter season is almost over. Ascension Thursday is just behind us (May 21), and on May 31 we will celebrate the great feast of Pentecost (50 days since Easter), a feast which more...
I was very pleased this week when Fr. Frank Daly, Pastor at Our Lady of Sorrows, invited me to preside at the videotaped Eucharist for the 6th Sunday of Easter (May 17), which you can see ...
As the Gospel for today, May 10, the 5th Sunday of Easter, we hear the opening part of John 14, the beginning of what has been called Jesus’ Last Supper discourse. It captures an intense and sad moment: even after the public ministry...
During the first weeks of the Easter season we were blessed with vivid, surprising, and in the end comforting stories of the resurrection and first appearances of Jesus. We could spend weeks more on...
As I began writing this homily today (April 18) for the Second Sunday of Easter, it was snowing out, at least here in Cambridge MA. (Now, midday, it is only dreary.) It should be spring, warm, sunny, and given all that is going on,...
During this time of pandemic, many of us had hoped fondly that the shutdown, distancing, and sudden rupture of ordinary life all would be over by Easter. Lent has seemed an...
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ...
As the Gospel for today, May 10, the 5th Sunday of Easter, we hear the opening part of John 14, the beginning of what has been called Jesus’ Last Supper discourse. It captures an intense and sad moment: even after the public ministry...
