4th Sunday of Easter – He defends the flock but saves also the bandits

Introduction The pharaoh questions them about their occupations. Joseph’s brothers say, “Your servants are shepherds as…

3rd Sunday of Easter – Confused Sunday

Last Sunday’s Gospel was the Gospel of Doubting Thomas.  This Sunday’s Gospel is the Gospel of…

3rd Sunday of Easter

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Alleluia! Christ is risen! We are led to the Easter Christ…

3rd Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

At an earlier time in ministry, when I lived in rural South Carolina and Virginia and…

3rd Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The time frames for today’s readings require us to put aside our usual sequential, way of…

3rd Sunday of Easter

There was a professor in the seminary that was lecturing in a class of future preachers.…

3rd Sunday of Easter

IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY told by Luke in today’s Gospel passage, we have what we might…

3rd Sunday of Easter – When does a bride cry?

Introduction The loved one experiences an irrepressible need to be at the side of the man…