Saturday 11 April 2026
Through Baptism we receive the same Holy Spirit that Jesus brought to the first disciples.
Through Baptism we receive the same Holy Spirit that Jesus brought to the first disciples.
Our Easter faith is based on their witness to both the empty tomb and their continuing relationship with Jesus—in his appearances and in his gift of the Holy Spirit.
Every time we come to this celebration of the Eucharist, let us always be reminded that we are celebrating the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross being made present to us.
Please join us during Holy Week and Easter.
In Baptism we die to sin’s power over us, rising as children of God.
The man born blind gradually comes to a greater understanding about who Jesus is and what it means to be his disciple, while the Pharisees (those who should see) are the ones who remain blind.
The conversion of the Samaritan townspeople is a foretaste of the kind of open community that will be created among those who believe that Jesus is the Messiah.
For the second Sunday of Lent, we move from Jesus’ retreat to the desert to his Transfiguration.
God’s word alone will suffice; God’s promise of protection can be trusted; God alone is God.
The written scriptures and their interpretation in tradition are surpassed by Jesus whose life and teaching are the definitive revelation of the will of God.