Easter has come! Jesus is risen! In today’s Gospel reading (Mark 16:9‑15), Mary Magdalene excitedly brings the news that she has seen Jesus, but no one will share in her excitement. No one believes her. How disappointing that must have been to have such good …

Today we hear the continuation of the accounts of the Lord’s Resurrection and the early activities of the Apostles in spreading the faith in Jerusalem. We also hear the first steps towards taking the Gospel and spreading the Good News, not just to the …

The Gospel readings this week have a common theme:  After his resurrection, Jesus appears to his followers, but they do not recognize him.  When Mary Magdalene, arguably the one who loved Jesus the most, encountered Jesus while outside the tomb, full of grief and …

He is Risen!   He is Risen, indeed! During this octave of Easter, we recall the multiple appearances of Jesus to his followers after his resurrection.  We also start to hear the stories of how the Good News begins to spread, first in Jerusalem, …

I wonder how many of you have seen what many regard as British comic actor Peter Sellers’ greatest movie. Being There was produced less than a year before his death in 1980. It tells the story of a guileless, simple-minded man named Chance. As the film …

He is risen.  He is risen indeed!  Alleluia!  Rev. Fr. Leon Juchniewicz, a student of our Patron Saint, St. John Paul II, drilled this greeting into us when he was Pastor of our Good Shepherd Catholic Church here in Elk Grove, California.  The origin …

What is the holiest night of the year?  Many would presume that the answer would be Christmas Eve, the night in which the Christian world celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.  However, the correct answer is Easter Vigil, the night before Easter Sunday. It …

See, my servant will prosper,he shall be lifted up, exalted, rise to great heights.As the crowds were appalled on seeing him– so disfigured did he lookthat he seemed no longer human –so will the crowds be astonished at him,and kings stand speechless before him;for …

Today we are in vigil, in mourning for the cruel death of our beloved Jesus.  Today we put ourselves there with Mary, the mother of Jesus, with Mary Magdalen, with the other women, and with John, who stood by the cross and witnessed as …

When, exactly, did the Last Supper take place?  The synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) have Jesus and his disciples eating the Last Supper as the Passover feast, before he suffers, so that the Day of Passover should be the day of his crucifixion. …