4th Sunday of Easter
To The Epiphany Family Hearing, Knowing, Following: The Tender Call of the Good Shepherd The Fourth Sunday of Easter, John 10: 27-30, (11 May, 2025) The Fourth Sunday of the Season of Easter is characterized by the Gospel of the Good Shepherd in chapter ten of St John which is read every year. The Gospel for today’s […]
3rd Sunday of Easter
All the Marian Pilgrims of the Resurrection of Hope and Mercy Three Embers of Denial, Three Sparks of Love-by Galilee’s Shore: The Shepherd Rekindles the Heart of the Lost Lamb The Third Sunday of Easter, John 21: 1-19, (04 May 2025) Peter, conscious of being “the greatest sinner among the Apostles” going so far as to have […]
May: dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God
To All the Marian Devotees of Mary the Queen of Heaven: Wrap Us in Your Mantle This May (01 May 2025) The month of May is upon us, a month which the piety of the faithful has long dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. Our heart rejoices at the thought of the moving tribute of faith […]
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 […]
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 […]