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HOLY THURSDAY EVENING MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER APRIL 6, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 13:1-15 He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. REFLECTION Today begins the most sacred Holy...
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 5, 20233 min read


WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK APRIL 5, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mt 26:14-25 "Surely it is not I, Lord?" REFLECTION We all have known betrayal at one time or another in our lives....
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 4, 20231 min read


TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK
READINGS GOSPEL John 13:38 "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me...

Mary Jo Barr
Apr 4, 20231 min read


MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK APRIL 3, 2023 MARY ANOINTS JESUS WITH PERFUME. JUDAS REPROACHES HER.
James Tissot Painting MASS READINGS Gospel Jn 12:1-11 "Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages and given to the poor?"...
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 2, 20232 min read


PALM SUNDAY APRIL 2, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel At the Procession with Palms - Gospel Mt 21:1-11 "Who is this?" And the crowds replied, "This is Jesus the prophet,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 1, 20231 min read


SATURDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT APRIL 1, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 11:45-56 "What are we going to do? REFLECTION So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 31, 20232 min read


FRIDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT MARCH 31, 2023
THE MIRACLE OF SANTAREM MASS READINGS Gospel Jn 10:31-42 "We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 30, 20232 min read


THURSDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT, MARCH 30, 2023
MASS READINGS: Responsorial Psalm Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 "The Lord remembers his covenant for ever." Gospel Jn 8:51-59 "Amen, amen, I say...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 29, 20232 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT, MARCH 29, 2023
MASS READINGS; Reading 1 Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 ..."we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue that you set up."" ( Shadrach,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 28, 20232 min read


TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
READINGS "For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins." (John 8:24) and Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man,...

Mary Jo Barr
Mar 28, 20232 min read


MONDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT MARCH 27, 2023
MASS READINGS Gospel Jn 8:1-11 “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” REFLECTION He soon would die for her...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 26, 20231 min read


FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 26, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 11:1-45 “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 25, 20231 min read


SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD, MARCH 25, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Lk 1:26-38 "How can this be......" REFLECTION "How can this be......" This Lent I wanted to grow closer to God,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 24, 20231 min read


FRIDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT, MARCH 24, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 his hour had not yet come REFLECTION "his hour had not yet come" "His hour had not yet come." ...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 23, 20231 min read


THURSDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT, MARCH 23, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 5:31-47 The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 22, 20232 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT, MARCH 22, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 5:17-30 REFLECTION "I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me." The Christmas card I sent to...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 21, 20231 min read


Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
READING Ezekiel 4 7: 1-9, 12 "This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah, and empties into the sea, the salt waters,...

Mary Jo Barr
Mar 20, 20231 min read


SOLEMNITY OF ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MARCH 20, 2023
MASS READINGS: GospeL Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a REFLECTION When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 19, 20231 min read


FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT, MARCH 19, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 9:1-41 REFLECTION "I was blind and now I see." God shows kindness to those who love Him and keep His...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 18, 20231 min read


SATURDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT MARCH 18, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Lk 18:9-14 REFLECTION "convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else." Optical illusions can be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 17, 20232 min read
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