Order of St. John Paul II https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Light Of The Nations – Isaiah Still Showed Them The Light To Look To The Last Supper – There Is A New Lamb—The Lamb Of God The Lord Is My Help – Suffering Through The Lens Of The Servant’s First-Hand Experience Palm Sunday – Tragedy Into Triumph One Nation – All Of Us, Through One Man, Are One Body The Servant And The Oil – You Will Not Always Have Me [With You] Jeremiah’s Laments – He Is Stuck Between An Insistent God And A Resistant People Before Abraham Existed, I Am – “They Took Up Stones To Throw At Him …” The Annunciation Of Our Lord – We Remember The Moment When Mary Said “Yes” Jesus And The Seraph – “They Shall Look On Him Whom They Have Pierced” The Pool Of Bethesda – He Is Healed Only When Jesus Acts In His Life Like Father Like Son – So Also The Son Gives Life Lazarus And The Tomb – So Death Now Becomes A Passageway St. Joseph – Husband Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Trouble Is Brewing – Come To Jesus And Believe In Him Susannah And The Elders – Through Tears She Looked Up To Heaven A Season For Joy – The Idea Of A New Heaven And A New Earth Besetting The Just One – We, Too, Will Be Misunderstood And Mistreated Laetare Sunday – “You Are The Light Of The World” The Pharisee And The Tax Collector – Two Models Of How To Relate To God A Time To Listen – “If Only My People Would Hear Me” Jesus And The Law – Even The Smallest Details Of God’s Law Are Essential Tuning Out The Static – Fine-Tune Our Hearts And Minds During This Lenten Season Walking The Path – “With Contrite Heart And Humble Spirit Let Us Be Received” Nineveh – A Bit Of A Caricature Of Religious And Ethnic Intolerance Ash Wednesday – He Had Come To Look For The Sheep That Was Lost Good Friday – The Servant, Whose Gentle Justice And Teaching Goes Out To All The Earth Message Of The Holy Father For Lent 2026 – Listening And Fasting A Special Kind Of Love – Expressions Of Agape, Love For Others Lifting Their Burdens – This Statement Is About Us Nineveh – Forgiveness Is A Practice That Liberates Us The Well Of Living Water – Worshipping God In Spirit And In Truth The Transfiguration – We See The Light And Glory Of What Is To Come The Prodigal Son – “Repent, For The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand!” Parable Of The Evil Tenants – Jesus Is Just Naming The Reality, The Truth Beyond Your Expectations – Jesus Somehow Manages To Slip Away Lazarus And The Rich Man – The Rich Man Is Still Totally Absorbed In Himself How To Pray – “Our Father Who Art In Heaven, …” Great Prayer Of Daniel – A Petition For God’s Forgiveness And Deliverance Be Perfect Just As Your Heavenly Father Is Perfect Who Needs A Doctor? – Those Whose Lives Are Going In The Wrong Direction Sheep And Goats – Our Most Dangerous Sins, Will Be Our Sins Of Omission Sound The Trumpet – Share One’s Bread With The Hungry Do You Not Understand? – They Have A Long Way To Go! Ezekiel 18: 21-28 – God Has A Very Short Memory Seeing The Signs – “Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit, For Theirs Is The Kingdom Of Heaven.” Fulfilling The Law – Love God And To Love The Neighbor As Oneself Valentine’s Day – Medieval Legend Grew That Birds Selected Their Mates On February 14 The Deaf Shall Hear – The Mute To Speak Home