The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Ex 24:3-8 | Ps 116 | Heb 9:11-15 | Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

Jesus had a body.

This may seem obvious, but if you’re anything like me, my mind immediately thinks of the Eucharist when someone mentions the Body and Blood of Christ. Although what we have in the Eucharist, ... Read More »

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Dt 4:32-34, 39-40 | Ps 33 | Rom 8:14-17 | Mt 28:16-20

Today we have a chance to celebrate and delve deeper into one of the central mysteries of the Church: the Trinity. Many of us have learned through our religious education classes that we believe in one God, ... Read More »

Pentecost Sunday

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 2:1-11 | Ps 104 | 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 | Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15

There have been many critics of Christianity down through the ages. They have proposed many reasons why they think people shouldn’t believe in the message of Christ. Some have even claimed that belief in Jesus ... Read More »

The Ascension of the Lord

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 1:1-11 | Ps 47 | Eph 1:17-23 (or) Eph 4:1-13 (or) 4:1-7, 11-13 | Mk 16:15-20

Today we celebrate the day that Jesus Christ was “taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that ... Read More »

Sixth Sunday of Easter (Mother's Day)

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 | Ps 98 | 1 Jn 14:23 | Jn 15:9-17

Józef and Wiktoria Ulma were a Catholic couple who lived in the Polish town of Markowa with their six children during the Nazi occupation of World War II. They had a large farm just outside ... Read More »

Fifth Sunday of Easter (Sacred Heart Chapel, CPL)

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 9:26-31 | Ps 22 | 1 Jn 3:18-24 | Jn 15:1-8

The busiest time in a vineyard is the time of harvest. That’s when all the grapes are collected and brought in to be turned into wine. It is a time of joy because all the hard work ... Read More »

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 4:8-12 | Ps 118 | 1 Jn 3:1-2 | Jn 10:11-18

Here we are already at the Fourth Sunday of Easter, known commonly as Good Shepherd Sunday. Every year at this midpoint of the Easter season, the Church returns to this familiar image of Christ as a shepherd ... Read More »

Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 4:32-35 | Ps 118 | 1 Jn 5:1-6 | Jn 20:19-31

In the ongoing quest to become better parents, moms and dads often find a great deal of reassurance in books, whose authors advocate a whole-child approach that honors the totality of who children are. In recent studies, ... Read More »

Easter Sunday | The Resurrection of the Lord

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Acts 10:34a, 37-43 | Ps 118 | Col 3:1-4 | Sequence victimae paschali laudes | Jn 20:1-9

On Easter, we sing a question. What’s referred to as the Easter Sequence (before the proclamation of the Gospel) the sequence has us pleading: “Mary, speak, declare to us what you saw ... Read More »

Holy Saturday | The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Gn 1:1-2, 2:2 | Ex 14:15-15:1 | Is 55:1-11 | Rom 6:3-11 | Mk 16:1-7

Why do we tell our Christian story on this night? Why do we go all the way back to creation, the patriarchs, Moses parting the Red Sea, to tell the story of the Gospel—Christ ... Read More »