THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - 5/17/2026
The second reading for this coming Sunday likens evil to a roaring lion. So come to worship and gather with Christ’s community to receive strength to survive your ordeals. God promises us protection: we already have eternal life in Christ.
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The second reading includes two striking images: God’s mighty hand under which we are humbled, and the devil, like a roaring lion. In the central section of the twelfth-century mosaic in the apse of the church of San Clemente in Rome is a cross. Above the cross, which has become a tree of life, is the hand of God, under which first Christ, and now we as believers, stand.




















