THE ALLELUIA IS FOR ALL OF LIFE

This Easter Season the headlines have seemed overwhelming, a true challenge to the spirit of the Easter Alleluia. There wasthe massive earthquake devasting towns in Turkey and Syria. This was an area already ravaged by the decade old war. We have gangs terrorizing neighborhoods and even cities leading...

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SUNDAY REFLECTION ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

In the Gospel of Matthew, the Resurrection is not a Hollywood ending. It not a guarantee that all are problems will pass away. It is not an easy solution to the burden of life’s relentless encounter with sin, injustice sickness, aging and even death. What the Resurrection is, however, is another glorious...

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Exsultet

Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven,exult, let Angel ministers of God exult,let the trumpet of salvationsound aloud our mighty King's triumph!Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her,ablaze with light from her eternal King,let all corners of the earth be glad,knowing an end to gloom and...

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TRIDUUM

When I was young, Easter meant very little to us. The really big thing was Lent. The great time was at noon on Holy Saturday when we could eat candy and indulge in whatever else we gave up for Lent. This, this like too many religious practices over history, was an incredible distortion of the Church’s...

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REFLECTION FOR HOLY WEEK

WHY LORD? The second book of Isaiah, (Is 40-55), is generally called Deutero-Isaiah. It is a book of comfort. It is directed to the Jewish people in exile in Babylonia. The message is one of hope and deliverance in the midst of darkness and desperation. Among the fifteen chapters of this part of...

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