All posts tagged New Testament
Fifty Days of Easter
Our contemporary North American celebration of many traditional Christian feasts such as Christmas or Easter has grown increasingly commercialized and secularized. Christmas and Easter decorations usually appear in stores many …
May You Have a Blessed ‘Thanksgiving’
Holy Thursday could appropriately be called “The Church’s Thanksgiving Day.” These powerful readings from the Old and the New Testaments remind us of some of the momentous past events in …
Repent and Believe the Good News!
As child I was taught that it was important to “wear the ashes proudly” on Ash Wednesday as a proclamation to all that “I am Catholic”! At least, that is …
Jesus: The Healing Presence of God
Today’s Gospel passage gives us a little snapshot of the healing ministry of Jesus. From the very beginning of his Gospel narrative, Mark has depicted Jesus’ interactions with specific individuals …
Luke’s Announcement of the New Covenant
Last week John’s gospel gave us Jesus’ announcement of the New Covenant. The covenant made by God and Israel is beautifully described in terms of marital love and fidelity. ‘As …
Behold the Lamb of God
Imagine you are in heaven. . . In the Gospel selection of today’s Mass, John the Baptist saw Jesus coming to him and said “Behold the Lamb of God who …
St. Andrew
There’s not much said about the apostles in the New Testament; they walk in the shadow of Jesus. Because of that, we have only a few details about Andrew, the …
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