Browsing Deacon Paul's Homilies

Third Sunday of Easter, Year A

Posted by Amy Cerosaletti on 4/14/24

In Luke’s Gospel today, we hear of the unfolding elements of the gathered Christian community — elements that we should recognize with some familiarity.  What do we hear? So they…returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them. (Lk 24:33) Jesus was made known ... Read More »

Easter Sunday 2024

Posted by Amy Cerosaletti on 3/31/24

Those of us of a certain age will recall, with fondness and a touch of nostalgia, the 1977 made-for-television special series, Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth.  It premiered on network television for several nights in a row during the last week of Lent in 1977.  I recall, as a-then ... Read More »

Holy Thursday 2024

Posted by Amy Cerosaletti on 3/28/24

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father.

What is it that we often do when we know we are about to depart from loved ones and those to whom we have responsibility, whether it be to ... Read More »

4th Sunday Lent - Year A

Posted by Diane DeDominics on 3/11/24

 

...then the LORD God formed the human being out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living being (Gn 2:7)

 

            In this account of the creation of humanity from the Book of Genesis ... Read More »