Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Second Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42–47; 1 Peter 1:3–9; John 20:19–31 It begins with a simple truth. Rousseau saw it long ago: a few filled with excess, many left without enough. We still live there. Different language. Same world. We are told: it will balance out. The overflow of the rich will reach the poor. But it does not. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Saturday in the Octave of Easter Acts 4:13–21; Psalm 118; Mark 16:9–15 At first, they did not believe. Mary speaks. They doubt. Two disciples return. They hesitate. The story spreads— but faith does not come easily. Then Jesus appears. And everything changes. Fear gives way to courage. Doubt gives way to certainty. Silence gives way to proclamation. The apostles become witnesses. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Friday in the Octave of Easter Acts 4:1–12; Psalm 118; John 21:1–14 Two scenes. A man walks. A net fills. In both, something more is happening. A crippled man stands. Five thousand believe. On the lake, the disciples fish all night. Nothing. Then a voice: “Cast the net.” They obey. The net fills. Abundance. And one of them says: “It is the Lord.” ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Thursday in the Octave of Easter Acts 3:11–26; Psalm 8; Luke 24:35–48 At the center of today’s message is one call: repentance for the forgiveness of sins in the name of Jesus. Many of us know this ancient prayer: Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me. At that cry, the blind Bartimaeus received his sight. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Acts 3:1–10; Psalm 105; Luke 24:13–35 A man stands. He walks. He praises God. People stop. They look again. They are filled with amazement. Something has happened. On another road, two disciples walk away. Confused. Disappointed. Then a stranger joins them. He listens. He speaks. He opens the Scriptures. Their hearts begin to burn. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Tuesday in the Octave of Easter Acts 2:36–41; Psalm 33; John 20:11–18 We often imagine a better world. More just. More peaceful. More human. But something in us knows: the world is not like that. The first reading speaks with clarity. Peter does not accuse from a distance. He speaks to the crowd— and through them, to all of us. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Monday in the Octave of Easter Acts 2:14, 22–33; Psalm 16; Matthew 28:8–15 Faith is often simpler than we make it. A psalm. A sermon. A meeting on the road. Psalm 16 is a quiet prayer of trust. Life is fragile, yet God is faithful. Even death will not have the last word. “You will show me the path of life.” This is the heart of the psalm. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43 · Colossians 3:1-4 · John 20:1-9 Early in the morning on the first day of the week, women walk toward a tomb. They had seen how Jesus died. They had watched as the stone was rolled across the entrance. Death seemed final. Love seemed defeated. Yet something strange has already happened. The stone is moved. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Easter Vigil Genesis · Exodus · Prophets · Romans · Matthew 28 This night the Church listens to a long story. Seven ancient readings echo through the darkness. Creation. Promise. Exodus. Prophets. Seven steps leading toward Christ. The story begins with the first word of God. “Let there be light.” And light breaks into the darkness. Morning arrives. The first day begins. ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. Readings Here Good Friday Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 The prophet Isaiah once spoke of a mysterious servant. A servant who suffers. Not for his own sins— but for the sins of others. “He had done no violence,” the prophet says. Yet he carries the wounds of the world. Through his suffering many will be made righteous. Christians hear those words and immediately recognize the face of Jesus. ...