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Easter Sunday 2020
April 12, 2020
Acts 10:34a-37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9
Darkness is a classic metaphor for ignorance and unbelief, as well as death and evil. Mary came to the tomb in darkness and saw the stone rolled away. She ran away and told other...
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
April 4, 2020
Mt. 21:1-11; Is. 50:4-7; Ps. 22; Phil. 2:6-11; Mt. 26:14-27:66
So here we are, celebrating Palm Sunday and Holy Week “COVID-style.” It’s not what we’re used to and certainly not what we want, but...
Fifth Sunday of Lent
March 28, 2020
Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45
One of the most frightening dimensions of COVID-19, the virus which has infected hundreds of thousands of people and killed tens of thousands worldwide, is that it is a respiratory...
Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 21, 2020
1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23; Ephesians 6:8-14; John 9:1-41
Crises can bring out the best and worst in people, the light and darkness of our human nature. We are living in such a time. The signs of darkness are all...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski