June 8, 2025, Pentecost Sunday, Vigil Mass: The readings and prayers of this extended liturgy can inspire a heightened experience of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the faithful and rekindle a sense of the intensity of the Spirit.

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.