The Word

June 1, 2025, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: Starting from the Jerusalem Temple, Gospel joy moves from its own center out to the nations.

May 25, 2025, the Sixth Sunday of Easter: This Sunday’s readings offer practical, mystical and spiritual resources that the new pope will have to rely on and remember during his ongoing governance of a community of faith that has stood the test of time.

May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter: This Sunday’s second reading from Revelation resolves the tension raised in last Sunday’s reading about the gap between heaven and earth.

May 11, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Easter: The theme of God as shepherd comes through in each of the readings this Sunday.

May 4, 2025, the Third Sunday of Easter: Pope Francis’s recent death invites reflection on the office of Peter’s successor. This Sunday’s readings, meanwhile, are grounded in the shifting experiences of Peter the Apostle.

April 27, 2025, the Second Sunday of Easter: The most astonishing lesson of divine mercy appears in this Sunday’s Gospel reading. Jesus forgives the disciples who abandoned him.

April 20, 2025, Easter Vigil of the Lord’s Resurrection: The celebration of the Lord’s resurrection is different depending on where you live.

April 6, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Lent: What new symbols do we need today? Sometimes new ideas require fresh images, especially when one tries to discern the signs and places where God was present.

March 30, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Jesus’ parable in Luke’s Gospel masterfully illustrates three characters, the father and two sons, each of whom provides an insight on the human condition.

March 23, 2025, the Third Sunday of Lent: On this third Sunday of Lent, we are invited to become aware of God’s presence through living things like bushes and fig trees as well as in the contradictions that reveal divine mystery.