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Easter Week 4, Good Shepherd Sunday Cycle C

Allelujah!! He is (still) Risen!! Our readings for this Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday are here. And a Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother in the many ways we are blessed to do so and receive. These are the poems, my notes, andContinue reading “Easter Week 4, Good Shepherd Sunday Cycle C”

Easter Week 3, Third Sunday of Easter Cycle C

Allelujah!! He is (still) Risen!! But we’re down to a single Allelujah now. 🙂 Our readings for this Sunday, the Third Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord are here. These are the poem, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from one Cycle C year, 2016. We are visiting: ______ The poemContinue reading “Easter Week 3, Third Sunday of Easter Cycle C”

Easter Week 2, Divine Mercy Sunday (or Rebound Sunday) Cycle C

Allelujah!! Allelujah!! He is (still) Risen!! Our readings for this Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday and, colloquially, as Rebound Sunday, are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from two different Cycle C years. Since the readingsContinue reading “Easter Week 2, Divine Mercy Sunday (or Rebound Sunday) Cycle C”

Easter Sunday Cycle C

Allelujah!! Allelujah!! He is Risen!! Our readings for this Sunday, Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord are here. The readings are ABC, meaning they are used every Easter Sunday when the Mass of the Day is celebrated (versus the readings of the Vigil Mass, the evening before). Again, these are the poems, my notes,Continue reading “Easter Sunday Cycle C”

Palm Sunday of Lent Cycle C

Our readings for this Sunday, Palm Sunday are here. Again, these are my notes and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from the ______ The poem Fr Dennis references is: Interestingly, Fr Dennis used this poem with the Palm Sunday readings of 2019 (Cycle C) and Ascension on May 28, 2017 (Cycle A). He had itContinue reading “Palm Sunday of Lent Cycle C”

Fifth Sunday of Lent Cycle C

Our readings for this Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Lent are here. Again, these are my notes and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from the ______ The poem Fr Dennis references is: In 2016, we reflected on … Rainey chips in that after our refresher of Laetare Sunday, this week has feels like being lostContinue reading “Fifth Sunday of Lent Cycle C”

Fourth Sunday of Lent Cycle C

Our readings for this Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Lent are here. Again, these are the poem and my notes from Fr Dennis’ homilies at the ______ The poem Fr Dennis references is: In 2016, we reflected on … a lot! Switching up from the SALT Lectionary Van Gogh this week for some spot onContinue reading “Fourth Sunday of Lent Cycle C”

Third Sunday of Lent Cycle C

Our readings for this Sunday, the Third Sunday of Lent are here. Again, these are my notes and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the ______ The poems Fr Dennis references are: In 2019, alas, I missed the Mass, but through discussion found that Dennis included the poem because he thought it full of profoundContinue reading “Third Sunday of Lent Cycle C”

Second Sunday of Lent Cycle C

Our readings for this Sunday, the Second Sunday of Lent are here. These are the poem and my notes of Fr Dennis’ homily from the 5PM on February 21, 2016. (That was an early Lent!!) The poem Fr Dennis references in 2016 is: The Window by Raymond Carver In 2016, we reflected on — InContinue reading “Second Sunday of Lent Cycle C”

Christmas, the Nativity of the Lord

Our readings for this Sunday, the Nativity of the Lord are here. The gospel readings for Christmas are tied to the Mass, e.g., Vigil, Night, Dawn, or Day, and come from the gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. The readings are listed for ABC, rather than a single cycle, like we read during Advent, e.g.,Continue reading “Christmas, the Nativity of the Lord”