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 […]
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 […]
3rd Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of the Epiphany Call to Repentance and the Patience of God Third Sunday of Lent (Luke 13:1-9) The Gospel for this third Sunday of Lent (Luke 13: 1-9) speaks to us about God’s mercy and of our conversion. Jesus recounts the parable of the barren fig tree. A man has planted […]
Second Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany of the Lord The Transfiguration: The Glory of Love The Second Sunday of Lent, Luke 9:28b-36, (16 March, 2025) On this Second Sunday of Lent, the liturgy leads us to contemplate the event of the Transfiguration in which Jesus allows the disciples Peter, James and […]