Browsing the April 2025 archive of Thoughts from Fr. Bob
Divine Mercy Sunday - April 27, 2025
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 4/24/25
The Easter season, fifty days, gives us the opportunity to get a glimpse of the faith of the early Christian community. What if all the apostles had been in the locked rooms and had seen the risen Lord on that first evening? Without the one who missed the opportunity ... Read More »
Easter - April 20, 2025
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 4/17/25
Christ has risen, he has truly risen! Jesus Christ, having made the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of our sins, has been raised from the dead. He has atoned for our sins and conquered death. Neither death nor sin have the final say any longer. We are a people ... Read More »
Palm Sunday - April 13, 2025
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 4/10/25
We begin the holiest week of the year by holding palm branches in our hands, which recall the palm branches the crowds used two thousand years ago to welcome the Lord into the holy city. Our palm branches are blessed, for they also welcome the Lord to this holy ... Read More »
5th Sunday of Lent - April 6, 2025
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 4/03/25
This Jubilee Year reminds us that we are pilgrims of hope. Our lives are a pilgrimage and the season of Lent is a concentration of that journey. This time of penitence, of sacrifice, and of suffering is our pilgrimage to the cross, the scene and sign of Jesus’ greatest ... Read More »