“… he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’” Jn. 20:22 ...
“Christ is risen! Alleluia!” These are the victorious words we shout out with gusto on this greatest of all feast days. And yet, curiously, the gospel reading we heard today ...
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin.” Hebrews, ...
“Do you realize what I have done for you? …. If I, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given ...
“ though he was in the form of God … he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave … he humbled himself.” Phil. 7-8 A German mystic many years ...
“… unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but, if it dies, it produces much fruit.” Jn. 12:22 ...