Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 Readings from the Acts of the Apostles frequently occur during the Easter season. They clearly show not just life in general in the first Christian community but quite expressly they reveal the special place among the early Christians of the apostles, and that […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus is still with us, still speaks to us
Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts of the Apostles 13:14, 43-52; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30 The Acts of the Apostles supplies the first reading. It gives a glimpse into the “modus vivendi” of St. Paul as he moved across Asia Minor in his proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus. Paul evidently first went to synagogues. It is […]
Bishop Larry Silva: With the Good Shepherd, we can fend off evil
WITNESS TO JESUS | FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered during the weekend of April 20-21 at Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Waialae-Kahala; Holy Family Church, Honolulu; and St. Michael Church, Waialua, in celebration of confirmation and first Communion. Bishop Silva is on a pilgrimage to Lourdes […]