From Palm Sunday to Pentecost, I keep my eyes on the Upper Room. In John’s Gospel, we hear that “for fear of the Jewish leaders” (Jn 20:19) after the death of Jesus, the disciples gathered ...

In this “Upper Room,” called the Cenacle in the Holy Land, Jesus had his Last Supper, washed his apostles’ feet, and instituted the Eucharist. It was here that the Franciscans celebrated ...

He noted that Jesus chose to appear to St. Thomas when he was with the community of the other disciples in the upper room, not when he ... that are the ever-open channels of his mercy.” ...

They were in the upper room pondering and wondering what had happened, how it happened and why it happened. How the journey with Jesus ended is not what they imagined and hoped for. In the Upper Room ...

The devotional's name, The Upper Room, was inspired by a sermon on the story of Pentecost in Acts 1 and 2 and also refers to Jesus's final meal with his beloved disciples. From its earliest days ...