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The disciples don't believe Mary—or do they?
by Ayanna Johnson Watkins
May 21, Sixth Sunday of Easter
John 14:15–21
by Enuma Okoro
The Good Shepherd, early fourth century, Museo Pio Cristiano, Vatican
They stand witness, watching in agony at his agony.
by Eileen D. Crowley
May 14, Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 7:55–60; Psalm 31:1–5, 15–16; 1 Peter 2:2–10; John 14:1–14
For two decades, every Holy Thursday I heard the same voice singing the same song.
May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter
John 10:1–10
by Jeffrey M. Gallagher
o, my Christ
by Carl Winderl
Woman, behold your son
by John Leax
April 23, Second Sunday of Easter
1 Peter 1:3–9, John 20:19–31
It's a question I ask my children all the time.
by David R. Lyle
Known to us in dirt and spit
The earthiness of Jesus' cure of the blind man in John 9 recalls all of the ways that God uses basic elements in creation and salvation.
By Kristin Berkey-Abbott
April 16, Resurrection of the Lord
At grief’s mercy, Mary stays at the site of her loss.
April 14, Good Friday
John 18:1–19:42