Category: Church, Liturgy, and Catholic Life

Earlier this year I launched through the Twitter extension of my BLACKCATHOLIC apostolate what I call “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less”, and the goal with this project is just what it sounds like. Each Sunday I put out short reflections on the Mass’s gospel reading that captures…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (Year A) [June 4, 2023] Jn 3:16-18 God so loved the world that he…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for Pentecost Sunday of the Easter Season (Year A) [May 28, 2023]. Jn 20:19-23 On the evening of that first day of…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for Ascension Sunday of the Easter Season (Year A) [May 21, 2023]. Mt 28:16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee,to the mountain…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 5th Sunday of Easter (Year A) [May 7, 2023]. Jn 14:1-12 Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not let your hearts…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 4th Sunday of Easter (Year A) [April 30, 2023] Jn 10:1-10 Jesus said:“Amen, amen, I say to you,whoever does not…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 3rd Sunday of Easter (Year A) [April 23, 2023]. Lk 24:13-35 That very day, the first day of the week,two…

Above is the image of the tweet for my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday (Year A) [April 16, 2023]. Jn 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day…

I saw the Kingdom of God. And Holy Week showed me. When people of every different color and tongue came on Good Friday to adore the wood of the Cross upon which the Savior of the world died I saw the Kingdom of God. When those different colors present as their hands reached out and…

I wrote this actually for yesterday, the actual day after Easter, but I did not get a chance to go back through it and then post it up. But I believe it still has a potent and urgent message. So pretend like it is the day after Easter, proceed, and everything will be just fine.…