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Meetings, meetings, and more meetings! Every time I open my email, I find a message about an upcoming meeting, a meeting that was cancelled, or a request to schedule a meeting. Every day the volunteers and friars gather after evening prayer in an informal meeting to share all the events for the coming days. Later today Tom and I travel to Mobay for an evangelization meeting and I have a meeting with bishop…
Date Topic(s) Diocese & Hosts April 5, 2020 Easter Diocese of Montego BayHost: Deacon Baldwin Powell April 12, 2020 2nd Sunday of EasterDivine Mercy Archdiocese of KingstonHost: Blossom Laidlaw April 19, 2020 3rd Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020 May 3, 2020 May 10, 2020 May 17, 2020 May 24, 2020
Gospel of John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them, “Peace be with you.”When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.As the Father has sent…
Gospel of John 20:1-9 On the first day of the week,Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,while it was still dark,and saw the stone removed from the tomb.So she ran and went to Simon Peterand to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,and we don’t know where they put him.”So Peter and the other disciple went out…
Gospel of Luke 23:1-49 The elders of the people, chief priests and scribes, arose and brought Jesus before Pilate. They brought charges against him, saying, “We found this man misleading our people; he opposes the payment of taxes to Caesar and maintains that he is the Christ, a king.” Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He said to him in reply, “You say so.” Pilate then…
Gospel of John 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany,the village of Mary and her sister Martha.Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oiland dried his feet with her hair;it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying,“Master, the one you love is ill.”hen Jesus heard this he said,“This illness is not to end in death,but is…
Gospel of Luke 6:39-45 Jesus told his disciples a parable,“Can a blind person guide a blind person?Will not both fall into a pit?No disciple is superior to the teacher;but when fully trained,every disciple will be like his teacher.Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’when…
Gospel of Luke 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples:“To you who hear I say,love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic.Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what…
Gospel of Luke 6:17, 20-26 Jesus came down with the twelveand stood on a stretch of level groundwith a great crowd of his disciplesand a large number of the peoplefrom all Judea and Jerusalemand the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:“Blessed are you who are poor,for the kingdom of God is yours.Blessed are you who are now hungry,for you will be satisfied.Blessed…