Sunday Reflections

Weekly reflections from Fr Michael based on the liturgy of the Word of that Sunday

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (B)

Acts 4. 7 – 12Responsorial Psalm: 1181 John 3. 1 – 2John 10. 11-18 The first reading talks about the stone that was rejected by the builders becoming the keystone of the building. There is a clear reference there to Jesus himself, the rejected one. We can all feel at...

Third Sunday of Easter (B)

You Are My Witnesses Acts 3. 13 – 15, 17-19Responsorial Psalm: 41 John 2. 1 – 5Luke 24. 35 – 48Who is a witness? A witness is a person who was actually present at an event andshould, for this reason, be able to describe it as it happened. Usually this term is used...

Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday (B)

Acts: 4: 32 – 35;Responsorial Pslam:1181 John 5: 1 – 6;Gospel: John 20: 19 – 31The steamship Statendam was destroyed by the Nazis in Rotterdam. Her captain, GeorgeBarendse, was in America on business. He repeatedly tried to communicate with his wifeand only son in...