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 »

Holy Thursday | Mass of the Lord's Supper

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 6/11/21

Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 | Ps 116 | 1 Cor 11:23-26 | Jn 13:1-15

With great solemnity, this evening, the Universal Church begins the Sacred Paschal Triduum, the three holiest days of the Church year.

At this, the first of these sacred celebrations, the primary mysteries we commemorate in this ... Read More »

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 3/29/21

Mk 11:1-10 | Is 50:4-7 | Ps 22 | Phil 2:6-11 | Mk 14:1-15:47

The procession celebrating Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem overflowed with praise and excitement, as onlookers waved these triumphant branches and proclaimed their blessings.

Yet, in only a few days, they will cry out, “Crucify him!” The ... Read More »

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 3/24/21

Jer 31:31-34 | Ps 51 | Heb 5:7-9 | Jn 12:20-33

The English Catholic writer, G.K. Chesterton, once wrote about original sin that “it is the only Christian doctrine that can be proven.”

What did he mean by that?

Original sin is the Christian teaching that, when Adam and ... Read More »

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)

Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 3/24/21

2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23 | Ps 137 | Eph 2:4-10 | Jn 3:14-21

After high school, Paul wasn’t sure what career he wanted to pursue. He wasn’t even sure if he wanted to go to college at all.  So, he decided to get a job at the local factory ... Read More »