Today’s Readings – Pentecost Sunday (Year C)

Commentary on Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13 or Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23

Today’s great and joyful feast of Pentecost rounds off the tremendous mysteries that we have been commemorating since Holy Week—the Passion, the Death, the Resurrection, and the Ascension of Jesus culminates in the sending of the Spirit of the Father and the Son on his disciples. As has been said previously, we are not dealing here merely with separate historical incidents, but with one reality—the extraordinary intervention of God into our lives by what we can only call the ’mystery’ of Christ. And today’s feast indicates that it is an ongoing reality, which still touches our lives every single day.

Two models, one reality
What we said, too, of the Asce … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saturday of Week 7 of Easter - First Reading

Commentary on Acts 28:16-20,30-31

Today we complete the readings for the Easter season. During these seven weeks, we have been going through the Acts of the Apostles. As with most of the books which form the liturgical readings, much had to be omitted, but at least we do get a general … Continue