As we celebrate today the feast of the Holy Trinity, the lectionary invites us to listen to the story of creation, how God the Father created the whole earth. This is the beginning, the beginning of the world as the passage says, and it’s also the beginning for us “liturgically speaking” since we’re going to…
Month: May 2026
Pentecost (A) – Crying out in the midst of us (John 7: 37-39)
I was really intrigued when I first discovered the passage of the Gospel we have this year to celebrate the Holy Spirit on this Pentecost Sunday! I was so intrigued I thought there must have been a mistake and I went to double check if it was the right reading (It is!). But this is…
Easter 7(A) – “A fiery ordeal” (1 Peter 4: 12-14, 5: 6-11)
This week again, we continue to read from the first Letter of Peter, of which we talked about last Sunday. As a reminder, or if you weren’t there, we observed that this letter was called one of the “Catholic Epistles” because it’s universal in its vocation: This letter was addressed to all the early churches…
Easter 6 (A) – “Suffering isn’t failing” (1 Peter 3: 13-22)
This morning, we’ve heard a passage from the first letter of Peter, which may not be one of the most famous ones. It is part of what we call, with James’ and John’s letters, “The catholic Epistles” of the New Testament. Now saying that may make it even harder to understand, as we often assimilate…