All the Easter People of Hope of Epiphany
EASTER SUNDAY Grief Met Grace at the Empty Tomb Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection: John 20:1-2, 11-18 (20 April 2025) Christòs anesti! – “Christ is risen; he is truly risen!” In this traditional proclamation of the Churches of the East, the word “truly” reminds us that our hope is not an illusion, but the truth! And […]
Easter Vigil
Dear Epiphany of the Easter Vigil Sabbatum Sanctum Today the Earth Holds its Breath, Heaven Waits in Hope, and Love Lies Wrapped in Linen: But Dawn is Coming Holy Saturday: The Great Easter Vigil: Luke 24: 1-10, (19 April 2025) The Lord’s Descent into Hell “What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the […]
Easter
All the Easter People of Hope of the Epiphany Rejoicing in the Risen Christ: A Message of Creative Hope and Victory (Corinthians 15:57) Christ is Risen! On this day we proclaim that he, the Lord of our life, is “the resurrection and the life” of the world (John11:25). Today is Easter, the Pasch, a word that means “passage”, […]
Good Friday: Passion and Death of Our Lord
Dear Good Friday People of Epiphany Passione et Morte Domini Mercy was Nailed, but not Defeated: By His Death, We are Made Alive Good Friday: Passion and Death of Our Lord, John 18:1-19:42, (18 April 2025) At the end of his dramatic Passion narrative, the Evangelist Saint Mark tells us: “The centurion, who stood fac-ing him, […]
Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Dear Epiphany Disciples of the Supper of the Lord Cena Domini In the Quiet of the Towel, Heaven Spoke: Serve as I Served Mass of the Lord’s Supper: John 13:1-15 (17 April 2025) This is moving. Jesus, washing the feet of his disciples. Peter did not understand it at all, he refused. But Jesus explained it […]
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
To The Epiphany of the Lord’s Passion PALM SUNDAY From Palms to Passion: The Road to the Cross Begins Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Luke 22:14 -23:56, (13 April 2025) Year after year the Gospel passage for Palm Sunday recounts Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Together with his disciples and an increasing multitude of pilgrims he […]
Tenebrae Service – Holy Wednesday
At Rosary Cathedral Please accompany some of your fellow parishioners as we plan on attending the Tenebrae service at Rosary Cathedral on Wednesday, April 16, of Holy Week. It starts at 7:30pm, but we plan on meeting in the St. Stephen parking lot on Genesee and Consaul St. to carpool at 6:30pm. We are asking […]
HOLY WEEK
Holy Week & Easter Mass Schedule Holy Thursday, April 17 St. Stephen Church Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm Adoration until 9:30pm Good Friday, April 18 St. Thomas Aquinas Church Stations of the Cross 2pm Good Friday Service 3pm Holy Saturday, April 19 St. Stephen Church Blessing of Easter Food 1pm Easter Vigil Mass 8:30pm Easter Sunday, April 20 St. Stephen Church […]
5th Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany Where Misery Meets Mercy: The Gaze of Christ Transforms The Fifth Sunday of Lent (06 April 2025), John 12:1-8 On this Fifth Sunday of Lent, the liturgy presents us the episode of the adulterous woman (John 8:1-11). In it, there are two contrasting attitudes: that of the […]
4th Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany Grace Welcomes Home What Pride Casts Away The Fourth Sunday of Lent (30 March 2025): Luke 15:11-32 On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of the father and the two sons better known as the Parable of the “Prodigal Son” (Lk 15:11-32) is proclaimed. This […]