CALLED – 4th Sunday of Easter, Year A We hear many calls in our lives. From the time we are infants, we have heard the call of our parents, teachers, priests, brothers, sisters, friends, and many others. We have heard the calls of sin in temptation, and the calls of the Lord in grace in His Word and the teachings of faith. We receive calls from our work, nation, the Church, and the needs of the poor and needy, and the not so needy. We have heard the calls of adver

CORRECT INTERPRETATION – 3 rd  Sunday after Easter, Year A             Everyone has had experiences which others interpreted differently than we did. At time, we don’t see sufficiently into our own personal experiences to make a total interpretation. So depending on our own or others insights, our experiences are more or less interpreted truthfully or completely. Some can be so sure about their interpretation, with little real understanding of the total situation, and be very

MERCY – 2 nd  Sunday of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday, Year A             Over time we can use words without reflecting fully on their meaning. Mercy is such a word. Depending on who and what it is applied to, it can have a powerful meaning. Human mercy and divine mercy are constant needs everyone has. Mercy supplies something that is needed, but cannot be purchased. It can be given and received.             Divine Mercy is related to God’s love and compassion. Psalm 118 calls u

HE’S ALIVE! Easter Sunday, Year A             How differently the events of the Lord’s suffering, passion, and death on the cross looked in light of His resurrection from the dead, and the coming of the Holy Spirit as life on Easter and power on Pentecost! Peter, who had fled in fear as did the other disciples on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, on Pentecost was publicly and fearlessly proclaiming Christ the Risen Lord with the power of the Holy Spirit. The same Spirit that ano