Fr. Stephen Cuyos, MSC

Ascension Sunday: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of Ascension Sunday (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus leads his disciples out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple praising God.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 1:1-11
PSALM: Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
SECOND READING: Eph 1:17-23
GOSPEL: Lk 24:46-53

VIDEO

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9hRH5MA8eQ

The last thing Jesus came to do was start another religion. He came to show us what life in the Kingdom of God looks like. Through the cross, Jesus offers us this same kind of life – a life lived in relationship with God. This powerful video illustrates the life changing invitation that God has made to us. Made by Dan Stevers.

HOMILIES

Did Christ Leave Us or Stay with Us? [www.bible.claret.org]
If we emphasize that Christ has left us we will perceive him as outside of the world, as absent, and our prayer will be an effort to bring him back… If, on the other hand, we see in the Ascension that the humanity which Christ had assumed had returned to the Father, we also see Christ as freed from his physical body and more able to be present in all areas and aspects of the Church through his Spirit. We can see it as opening up to the age of the Spirit when Jesus is universally present. Read more…
May They Become Perfectly One [dailyscripture.net]
The unity of Jesus and his Father is a unity of mind and heart, mutal love and trust, honor and respect. Because Jesus loved us first and united us in baptism we are called to live in a unity of love. Jesus’ prayer on the eve of his sacrifice shows the great love and trust he has in his beloved disciples. Read more…
7th Sunday of Easter [www.catholicmatters.com]
Christ promised his Apostles, the night before his death, that when he returned to the Father, the Holy Spirit would be sent to them. He would teach them all things and recall to their minds all that Christ had taught them. In other words, the Church, through the Apostles, was promised the direct assistance of the Holy Spirit in preserving and interpreting what we call “the deposit of faith” or the sum total of the divine revelation given to us for our sanctification. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/ear-c-ascension-sunday-of-easter-john-31421.

Year C: Ascension Sunday (Luke 24:46-53)

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GOSPEL TOON

Source: http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1750407

IMAGES

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Ascension by Fr. Stephen, MSC

Heaven Bound by Jakesherry

The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus by Anjotesorero(ii)

0820106 by Bavelly

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6th Sunday of Easter: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus tells his disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29
PSALM: Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
SECOND READING: Rev 21:10-14, 22-23
GOSPEL: Jn 14:23-29

VIDEO

Source: http://vimeo.com/3254593

Search – The Value of Love from Shauna Simmonds on Vimeo.

We use the word love every single day. With so much talk about it, why do so many people feel alone and unloved? Perhaps we don’t know what “true love” really means. Is there anyone that will love me in spite of what I have done or regardless of what I will do for them? The emotional needs in our world today are so strong that the search for real love becomes even stronger.

HOMILIES

Seeing with the Heart [www.bible.claret.org]
We see with the eyes of our hearts. If there is love in our hearts we will see love. If there is hatred and hurt in our hearts we will also see hatred and hurt. Unfortunately, these patterns can be passed on from generation to generation. We do to others what was done to us by people who had it done to them. It is a well know fact that those who have been abused, physically, psychologically or sexually by their parents are the most likely to abuse their own children. Read more…
If A Man Loves Me [dailyscripture.net]
Jesus grants peace as his gift to his disciples. What kind of peace does he offer? The peace of Christ is more than the absence of trouble. It includes everything which makes for our highest good. The world’s approach to peace is avoidance of trouble and a refusal to face unpleasant things. Jesus offers the peace which conquers our fears and anxieties. Read more…
6th Sunday of Easter [www.catholicmatters.com]
Christ promised his Apostles, the night before his death, that when he returned to the Father, the Holy Spirit would be sent to them. He would teach them all things and recall to their minds all that Christ had taught them. In other words, the Church, through the Apostles, was promised the direct assistance of the Holy Spirit in preserving and interpreting what we call “the deposit of faith” or the sum total of the divine revelation given to us for our sanctification. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-sixth-sunday-of-easter-john-31421.

Year C: Sixth Sunday of Easter (John 3:14-21)

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GOSPEL TOON

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IMAGES

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If a Man Loves Me by Fr. Stephen, MSC

It’s Not Over by Marco Escobedo Art/Design

Thanks by † David Gunter

Jesús by José_M._Gutiérrez

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5th Sunday of Easter: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus gives his disciples a new commandment. He tells them “As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 14:21-27
PSALM: Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13
SECOND READING: Rev 21:1-5a
GOSPEL: Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35

VIDEO

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyc4ET1iXwY

If you don’t know how to download videos from YouTube then follow this link to watch a tutorial.

HOMILIES

The Volatile Ingredients of Conjugal Love [www.bible.claret.org]
Jesus’ love was one in which he transcended personal needs. He gave himself even unto death for those whom he loved. Jesus said, “love one another as I have loved you.” What can we say about his love. It was a love that was attentive to the poor and the needy. Read more…
Love One Another [dailyscripture.net]
There is no greater proof of God’s love for us than the Cross of Jesus Christ. In the cross we see a new way of love – a love that is selfless, sacrificial, forgiving and compassionate beyond comprehension. Jesus commands us, his disciples, to love one another just as he has loved us. How can we love one another selflessly, sacrificially, and with compassion? Read more…
5th Sunday of Easter [www.catholicmatters.com]
We are disciples, followers of Christ, but how many of us would pass the test that Christ himself lays down for deciding who are his true followers?… He who truly loves his neighbor must be interested, first and foremost, in those things which concern that neighbor’s most important purpose in life, his eternal salvation. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

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GOSPEL TOON

IMAGES

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If You Have Love for One Another by Fr. Stephen, MSC

Love One Another by Sarah_jampot

Love by laurence gerard merced

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3rd Sunday of Easter: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Third Sunday of Easter (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus reveals himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. After having breakfast with his disciples, Jesus asks Peter “do you love me” three times. And Peter’s responds by saying “yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” To which Jesus rejoins by saying “feed my sheep”.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41
PSALM: Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
SECOND READING: Rev 5:11-14
GOSPEL: Jn 21:1-19 or 21:1-14

VIDEO

The following video can be downloaded here. If you don’t know how to download videos from YouTube then follow this link to watch a tutorial.

HOMILIES

From Competition to Contemplation [www.bible.claret.org]
When, after his resurrection, Jesus come back to the disciples he still loved them in spite of their abysmal performance. This unconditional love that Jesus showed for them as persons enabled them to see themselves, God and the world, in a new light. They were loved for who they were and not for what they did. This is the extraordinary quality of God’s love and of all true love. Read more…
Jesus Revealed Himself Again [dailyscripture.net]
When Jesus asks him “do you love me more than these?” he may have pointed to the boats, nets and catch of fish. He may have challenged Peter to abandon his work for the task of shepherding God’s people. Jesus also may have pointed to the other disciples and to Peter’s previous boast: “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away” (Matthew 26:33). Peter now makes no boast or comparison but humbly responds: “You know I love you”. Read more…
3rd Sunday of Easter [www.catholicmatters.com]
The primary purpose in recounting this appearance of the Risen Christ to his Apostles, was to stress the actual conferring of the Primacy on Peter. From this very first meeting with Christ at the Jordan (Jn. 1: 42) the Savior had told him that his name Simon bar-Jonah would be changed to Cephas, which means Rock. Some year or so later, at Caesarea Philippi, this change took place when Christ said to Simon: “You are (Peter) Rock, and upon this Rock I will build my Church. . .and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 16: 18-19). Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

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IMAGES

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Follow Me by Fr. Stephen

Feed My Sheep by Roger Walton

Feed My Sheep by Simon_K

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2nd Sunday of Easter: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Second Sunday of Easter (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus appears before his disciples and they rejoice upon seeing the Lord. At first Thomas could not believe that Jesus indeed rose from the dead, but when Jesus comes to him, he proclaimed, “My Lord and my God!”.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 5:12-16
PSALM: Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
SECOND READING: Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19
GOSPEL: Jn 20:19-31

VIDEO

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HOMILIES

Forgiveness; the Ultimate Proof of Love [www.bible.claret.org]
To be loved after failure is to be loved for yourself and for who you are. In a sense it is only the one who has failed who can be loved. There is no testing in being positive towards those who please us all the time. But knowing that they have failed and are forgiven the disciples can go out full of confidence not in their sinful selves, but in the Lord who sent them. Their confidence comes from being sent. “As the Father has sent me, so I also send you.” Read more…
Unless I See in His Hands the Prints of the Nails [dailyscripture.net]
When Thomas recognized his Master, he believed and exclaimed that Jesus was truly Lord and truly God! Through the gift of faith we, too, proclaim that Jesus is our personal Lord and our God. He died and rose that we, too, might have new life in him. The Lord offers each of us new life in his Holy Spirit that we may know him personally and walk in this new way of life through the power of his resurrection. Read more…
2nd Sunday of Easter [www.catholicmatters.com]
We can thank the Apostles and especially Thomas, the last to give in, that our faith in the resurrection and divine glorification of Christ is that much the stronger. Our Christianity which would have ended before the first Easter week had passed, if Christ had not risen in glory, spread rapidly to the then known world and is still spreading, because its author was none other than Christ “our Lord and our God.” Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

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Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Seen & Yet Believe by Fr. Stephen

Jesus Peace Wallpaper by C28dotCom

Doubting Thomas by tito.shinyhead

John 20:27 Doubting Thomas by ><((>

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5 Super Nice Easter Videos

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Easter is the celebration the resurrection of Jesus. It is a celebration of the liberation which Jesus won for all of us. Jesus became human to liberate humanity from all forms of slavery: sin, hunger, oppression, selfishness, inequality and injustice. Jesus won this liberation for us by going through all forms of suffering (including death) and by rising from the dead. The Lord’s triumph over the grave has won new life and hope for all of us. This easter let us also remember the many who are suffering across the world. And let us make Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection the paradigm and source of hope for our struggle for liberation.

Being the central fact of the Christian faith, the resurrection also calls us to celebrate the greatness of God. Our God is an amazing God.

The following is a collection of 5 super nice videos to inspire you to celebrate Easter with joy and help you meditate on God’s awesome love.

RISEN

Source: http://vimeo.com/10462340

ALIVE

Source: http://vimeo.com/10318614

EASTER INTRO

Source: http://vimeo.com/1922190

RISEN

Source: http://vimeo.com/10553755

THE HERO

Source: http://vimeo.com/10368167

10 Awesome Images for Easter

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The following is a collection of 10 awesome images that you can use as worship backgrounds, liturgy visuals, and desktop wallpapers this season of Easter. I love the images not only because they are colorful and beautiful but also because they inspire me to focus on the joy of Easter.

Easter is the most important season in the liturgical calendar of the Church as it is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Easter is “the greatest feast and that “Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter”.

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Easter Sunday: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the First Sunday of Easter (Year C). Easter is the principal feast of the ecclesiastical year. Leo I (Sermo xlvii in Exodum) calls it the greatest feast (festum festorum), and says that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter. It is the centre of the greater part of the ecclesiastical year. For more info about Easter please click here.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 10:34a,37-43
PSALM: Ps 118
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 5:6b-8
GOSPEL: Jn 20:1-9

VIDEO

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HOMILIES

Real Life Resurrection [www.bible.claret.org]
Today we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, his return to life after his crucifixion. A recapturing of life happens in many ways. It happened for the disciples when they were able to see and relate to Christ in a new way. It happened when they were able to let go of their expectations of a political Messiah and to recognize their savior in a crucified criminal. Read more…
Jesus Must Rise from the Dead [dailyscripture.net]
One thing is certain, if Jesus had not risen from the dead and appeared to his disciples, we would never have heard of him. Nothing else could have changed sad and despairing men and women into people radiant with joy and courage. The reality of the resurrection is the central fact of the Christian faith. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Lord gives us “eyes of faith” to know him and the power of his resurrection. The greatest joy we can have is to encounter the living Lord and to know him personally. Read more…
Easter Sunday [www.catholicmatters.com]
All I know and all I need to know is that I have sufficient proofs that God loves all men. The Incarnation, death and Resurrection of his Divine Son for man’s sake is the greatest proof of love for us that even the omnipotent God could give He has given it. As a necessary consequence from this act of divine love, we are guaranteed our resurrection from the dead to a life of unending happiness and glory if we do not, in extreme folly, reject God’s offer. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

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IMAGES

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The Resurrection of Jesus by Loci Lenar

Easter Worship Slide by fbcgalt

Worship Slide by fbcgalt

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