Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday), Year A — April 27, 2026. Acts 5:12–16 | Ps 118:2–4, 13–15, 22–24 | Rev 1:9–11a, 12–13, 17–19 | Jn 20:19–31 There is a strange moment in history that happened in Halifax, England, in November of 1938 — a time when Europe was nervously eyeing Hitler, and Halifax was nervously eyeing pretty much everything else.. … Continue reading The Threefold Gift
Fourth Sunday of Lent — Year A | Laetare Sunday 1Sam 16:1b, 6–7, 10–13a | Ps 23 | Eph 5:8–14 | Jn 9:1–41 In the 1970s through the 1990s, a new idea swept through Western culture — schools, therapy programs, churches, youth groups, Christian formation programs, and eventually the trophy manufacturing industry, which was about to have its best decade since the invention … Continue reading Seeing Beyond: The True Nature of Self-Worth
"No Handrails on the Transfiguration" Genesis 12:1–4a | Psalm 33 | 2 Timothy 1:8b–10 | Matthew 17:1–9 I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Action Park. Action Park, more commonly known as Class Action Park, was an amusement park in Vernon, New Jersey, that operated from 1978 to 1996 on a safety philosophy best … Continue reading Second Sunday of Lent — Year A
Readings: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 | Psalm 51 | Romans 5:12-19 | Matthew 4:1-11 "The Oldest Therapy Session and Why It Failed" In 1967, which was, for those of you keeping score, quite possibly one of the greatest years in recorded history, depending entirely on who was born that year and whether they are currently standing … Continue reading First Sunday of Lent – Year A
The Joy of the Gospel 