Category Archives: Daily Gospels

Reflection: Jn 16:23-28 Today Jesus makes a solemn promise that whatever his disciples ask the Father in Jesus’ name will be given to them. What does “in my name” mean? It is a new element which Jesus reveals at the Ascension. Pope Francis reflects that, “Jesus, as he moves to his Father, left the door […]

Reflection: John 16:20-23 “You will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice” (16:20-23). What’s more, they will mock you. This is the warning that Jesus gives his disciples about their future. The world history talks about the spectacles in the Colosseum of Rome, where the first martyrs” who were forced to die, even as […]

Friday of 6th Week in Easter   The Test of Suffering and Renewal    Jesus was going to pass through his passion and death on the way to the joy of his resurrection. In him, a new risen and glorious life would be born from his sufferings. The disciples would have to pass through the pains […]