Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter – Jn 14:21-26 Last Thursday, we started taking the Gospel readings for daily Mass from the Last Supper discourse in John’s Gospel, and today’s Gospel continues with a sort of difficult passage. However, we can break it down and consider just two small pieces, and how they apply […]
Fifth Sunday of Easter – Year A Acts 6:1-7, Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19, 1 Pt 2:4-9, Jn 14:1-12 Dear brothers and sisters, as you might know, this week we will celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. That feast, on May 13th, recalls the first apparition of Our Lady at Fatima to the children.
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Today’s Gospel, from the early verses of chapter 14 of John’s Gospel, is one that we’ve heard and will hear about four times: we heard verses 6-14 on Wednesday for Saints Philip and James, verses 1-6 on Friday, verses 7-14 today, Saturday, and verses 1-12 tomorrow. So,
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter – Option 1 – Jn 14:1-6 Jesus offers some very comforting words in today’s Gospel, as He tells us not to be troubled, that He will prepare a dwelling place for us in heaven, and that He will even come back for us. It calls our attention that
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter – Jn 13:16-20Today’s Gospel reading might strike us as an odd one during this Easter season: it comes from the Last Supper discourse, yet the tone and Jesus’ injunctions seem rather sad. We can divide the passage into three parts: first, Christ’s injunction regarding the need for humility,
Feast of Saints Philip and James – May 3rdToday we celebrate the feast of Saint Philip and Saint James, known as “the lesser.” Very little is known about James, and no one is really sure why he is called the lesser: tradition gives a number of possible motives. It might be because he was called
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter – Jn 10:22-30 Today’s Gospel presents “the climax of Jesus’ encounters with Jewish authorities” (NABRE commentary): John tells us that this encounter takes place in the winter “on the feast of the Dedication.” Commenting on this, Saint Thomas Aquinas says that John adds the detail “It was winter,”
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter In today’s Gospel, we have the continuation of yesterday’s Good Shepherd discourse. Today Christ continues speaking of the acts of the good shepherd, and, in particular, we can consider three things: first, the word good that Christ uses, second, the difference between good and bad shepherds, and, third,
Fourth Sunday of Easter – Good Shepherd Sunday – Year A: Acts 2:14a,36-41; Ps 23:1-6; 1 Pt 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10 Dear brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Easter. This Sunday is also called Good Shepherd Sunday, because the Gospel of this Sunday, no matter what year, always speak of Christ
Saturday of the Third Week of Easter – Jn 6:60-69 Today’s Gospel presents us with the rather sad conclusion of the Bread of Life discourse. Many of Christ’s disciples, His own followers, refuse to accept the teaching: yet, rather than change His words, Christ even offers His disciples the chance to walk away. It’s clear
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