4th Sunday of Easter
Two thoughts for you this Sunday…
Category: Easter Season
“I Know Who Taylor Swift Is!”
Happy Easter!
Memorial Day Weekend
Pentecost Sunday
On this Memorial Day Weekend we remember our United States Military personnel who have died while serving in the US Armed Forces: we honor them, express our gratitude, pray for them…and even pray to them. We believe in the Communion of Saints, that we are one body in Christ, and that we help one another on this journey towards fullness of life in God, both during this earthly life and after – not even death can separate us who are united in Jesus Christ!
Mary — Mother and Model
6th Sunday of Easter
As we celebrate Mother’s Day weekend, as we honor mothers who hold their children dear and close in their hearts and minds, we look to Mary as the model of not only earthly motherhood, but also as the model of a disciple who invites the Spirit of God into her life, who ponders and intentionally holds in her mind the experiences that God has given her, and who, as a result, brings the presence of Jesus into the world around her!
A Path to be Walked
3rd Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:42 describes what the very first followers of Jesus did: “They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.” Those sure sound like the 4 Marks of a Disciple…because they are! Christianity isn’t a belief, or a set of beliefs, it’s a way of life, it’s a path to be walked. And that path looks like followers of Jesus being Quick to Pray, Joyfully Sacramental, Intentional in Relationships, and Committed to Growth. Let’s live this way of life we call Christianity! Let’s keep walking this path together!
A Day in My Ideal World
Easter Sunday
Happy Easter! Imagine…imagine that you go to bed one night, and when you wake up in the morning the world has been transformed overnight. Everything that you envision for a better world, all of the change you’d like to see — in societies, situations, individuals, countries — it all happened, magically, overnight.
Now…when you wake up that morning and as you start going about your day…what do you notice first? What do you actually experience as changed?
This is what I did…except for our parishes: so what did I see when I woke up and everything I envisioned for an ideal life of Catholic followers of Jesus here in the greater Hayward area changed overnight? What did I experience? Listen to find out!
Great Things!
Third Sunday of Easter
God wants to do great things in our lives and in our parishes! But we’re also short on priests (and, in our diocese, short on American priests) which means that more and more is expected of our current priests. So how will God do great things in us and through us and around us if the priest doesn’t have time to do it? It has to happen through you, O Christian! God wants to and will do great things in our world when individuals, when the lay faithful, step up and step into their baptismal calling to use the gifts and talents they’ve been given to build up God’s kingdom here and now! God wants to do great things in our lives and in our parishes…through YOU!
Easter Sunday
Happy Easter!
Remain in Me
5th Sunday of Easter
Jesus says in our Gospel today, “Remain in me, as I remain in you.” Jesus, am I remaining with You throughout my day? Jesus, am I remaining with You throughout Mass?
Only One Eternity
4th Sunday of Easter
After healing a crippled man in the name of Jesus Christ, Peter says to the leaders and the people in our 1st reading, speaking of Jesus Christ, “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.” That’s a bold statement! Could it possibly be true?! Because if it is, then it also has some very large repercussions that modern society will not want to hear…