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Although we live in the glow of Jesus’ Easter victory during these Sundays of Easter, we anticipate Jesus’ ascension.  Although Jesus has removed His visible presence from us, He is still with us as we carry out His Great Commission.  In fact, as we go forward baptizing and teaching all nations, Jesus has promised us […]

Certainly, there remain many human definitions of love.  Some consider love a mere feeling, that unfortunately can change.  It rises and falls like the tide along a sea shore.  Others see love as purely emotional.  While it’s true that feelings are at play in this kind of love, this type of “feel good” love revolves […]

Blessed Mothers’ Day to all…whether blessed with the birth of your own child, an adopted child or even if you are “mother at heart!”  Truly, we remain grateful to our Lord for His precious gift of our mothers.  After all, through a miracle worked by the Holy Spirit on Mary, Jesus came in human flesh.  […]

Third Sunday of Easter                                                                     May 1, 2022  As St. John closes his gospel in chapter 21, he records how Jesus had appeared to His disciples for the third time.  This time, while fishing, the Savior repeated an earlier miracle so they might recognize that He, who had risen, was the same Lord Jesus who had […]

Starting this Second Sunday of Easter, we replace the readings from the Old Testament with a series of readings from Acts.  This book, written by the gospel writer Luke, continues the story of Jesus after His ascension into heaven.  We could rightly paraphrase the gospels: the acts of Jesus during His earthly ministry; we could […]

Easter Sunday truly remains the high point of the church year as well as for our Christian faith.  As Paul rightly put it: “For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.  Then it […]

Today we celebrate “Palm Sunday.” Palm Sunday’s name stems from the palm branches Jesus’ followers spread on His path as He entered Jerusalem for Holy Week.  Jesus’ humble entry on a beast of burden reflected His life of humility and foreshadowed His death.  The praises sung by those welcoming Him offer a foretaste of His […]

Historically in the Christian church, the Sundays in Lent have been referred to as “mini-Easters.”  Therefore, Christians often emphasized the passion of Jesus during the special midweek services instead of during the regular Sunday services.  According to a custom stemming from this practice years ago, however, Christians started calling the regular Sundays in Lent “Passion […]

The Bible’s central theme remains “For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).  During Lent we trace our Savior’s steps to Calvary’s cross where we witness HOW God proved that love, specifically by giving His Son to […]

Our Scripture lessons for this Third Sunday in Lent wonderfully illustrate Law and Gospel.  The Law part warns God’s people not to reject His call to serve, ignore the power of His word when confronted by temptation, or question His ways when we don’t understand.  The Gospel part holds before us God’s grace-promise of free […]