by Lee Sondeno | Mar 26, 2026 | Homily Blog
Discovering Life Before Death That’s quite the story we just heard, a dead man coming out of a tomb. As they’d say down at Floyd’s Bare, “Heck of a story.” The question Jesus asks Martha is the question that he asks us. “I am the Resurrection and the life. Do you...
by Lee Sondeno | Mar 26, 2026 | Homily Blog
As you know over the years our parish has participated in a partnership with Jesu Cristi Resucitado Parish in San Felix, Venezuela. It’s part of our archdiocesan mission effort. I served in the mission in Venezuela for five years back in the eighties. You’d never know...
by Lee Sondeno | Mar 26, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
John 20:1-9 Lead in #1: John 20 tells us of the Easter story. The Jesus crucified has been raised to new life. How do we make the Easter story our story? Reflect on your lived experience. There are the setbacks and the comebacks, the times you’ve been brought low, and...
by Lee Sondeno | Mar 26, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Lead in #1: At the Last Supper as Jesus sat at table with his disciples, it would be the last time that they were all together before his death. It was that very night that one of his disciples, Judas, would betray Jesus. Prompt #1: Reflect on and...
by Lee Sondeno | Mar 26, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
John 11:1-45 Lead in #1: Lazarus was a dear friend of Jesus. So when he heard that Lazarus was gravely ill, it seems odd that Jesus would put off going to see Lazarus for two days. Why would he do that? The answer may be found in John 1:4 when Jesus says, “This...