Sunday, May 8, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30. The Lord says, “My sheep hear my voice.” The Lord is not ...
With the Fourth Sunday of Easter comes a shift in the kinds of Gospels we hear. From Easter until now, the Sunday Gospels have told of Jesus’ post-Resurrection appearances: the women with angels at ...
At 3 a.m. in the lambing shed on his farm in the Irish midlands, John Connell speaks gently to a ewe in labor. “The wave of willful force doesn’t work,” he says. “It’s about calm and serene and ...