Wednesday of 4th Week in Easter Christ Our Light Eternal Life Introduction “I came not to judge the world but to save the world,” says Jesus to us today. What he came to bring us is life, life without end, eternal life. He comes as light in our world. If we believe in him, […]
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Tuesday of 4th Week in Easter A New Missionary Approach Introduction The Christians of Antioch, the first to be called “Christians” as disciples of Christ, were of two kinds: those Greek-speaking of […]
Monday of 4th Week in Easter Open Church: All Are Called Introduction “I have come that they may have life – life in abundance,” says Jesus, the Good Shepherd. He is the door to all. In the first […]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER I Call Them by Their Name The Voice of the Shepherd Notes. 1. Remember that today is the World Day of Vocations. What is said of Jesus is applicable also to the shepherds who take his place. Not that they are Jesus himself: they are only humble signs of Jesus, […]
Saturday of 3rd Week in Easter Lord, to Whom Shall We Go To? Once there was peace, the Church of the Risen Lord continued to grow throughout the Holy Land. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Peter continues the mission of Jesus: he speaks, he heals, he raises to life. In the Gospel, […]
Friday of 3rd Week in Easter Christ Lives in Me “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” This is the question of Jesus the Lord when he lets Saul, the persecutor, encounter him on the way to Damascus. Jesus identifies himself with his persecuted disciples. From that moment on, Saul will serve the […]
Thursday of 3rd Week in Easter Encountering Christ in Word and Sacrament Luke presents the conversion of the treasurer of the queen of Ethiopia very much in parallel with that of the disciples of Emmaus. The latter had listened to Christ’s explanation of the Scriptures about himself, and then recognized and really encountered […]
Wednesday of 3rd Week in Easter Persecution, Bread of Life The fervor of the young Church is so contagious, that even in persecution Christians use the occasion of the persecution itself to preach the risen Christ. Indeed, God does not abandon the Church, even in moments of trial. The reading from Acts says […]
STS. PHILIP AND JAMES THE LESSER, Apostles, Feast We honor today two apostles: Philip was one of the first disciples to be called by Jesus. James the lesser, brother of the apostle Jude, succeeded Peter as the head of the Church in Jerusalem and authored one of the epistles. Apostles are people who have […]
Monday of 3rd Week in Easter ATHANASIUS, Bishop, Church doctor St. Athanasius (295-273), patriarch of Alexandria, was a bishop living in a time of great crisis for the Church just after the Roman persecutions. He defended the divinity of Christ against Arianism, which said that Christ was no more than a man. He suffered […]