Fourth week of Easter “I am the way, the truth and the life.” Jn 14:1-6: Life is full of uncertainties, challenges, and obstacles. Often, we find ourselves at crossroads where we don’t know which direction to take. In these moments of doubt and confusion, Jesus’ message in the Gospel according to Saint John offers us …
Fourth week of Easter Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Proper Liturgy of the Eucharist – Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac “I make everything new.” Rev. 21:5. The allegory that the liturgy brings us today is beautiful and hopeful. The new heaven and earth are clearly the expression of a brave new world to come, a kind of …
Fourth week of Easter “It is not you who chose me, but I who chose you.” John 15:9-17 Today’s Gospel presents us with an opportunity to review our lives as disciples of Jesus. Let us focus our attention today on how Jesus calls us friends. I don’t know if we’ve ever thought about what it’s …
Fourth week of Easter “I and the Father are one.” Jn. 10:22-30. Our Lady of Fatima Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, remembering the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the three little shepherds: Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco. The message of peace and hope of Fatima is “so timely” in this …
Fourth week of Easter “I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.” Jn. 10:11 In today’s Gospel the words of Jesus resonate fully. He is the Shepherd, He is the one who calls us by our names and opens the door for us to enter the new meadows of his Kingdom, so that …
Fourth week of Easter Good Shepherd World Day of Prayer for Priestly Vocations “I give eternal life to my sheep” Jn. 10:27. One of the vital elements of the first Christian communities was the WORD…the Word made alive in everyday life. And it is this Word that leads us to the inner knowledge of the …
Third Week of Easter “To whom shall we go to?” Jn. 6:60-69 Today’s gospel brings the final part of the Bread of Life Discourse. It is about the disciples’ discussion with each other and with Jesus, and Jesus’ conversation with Simon Peter. It shows us the demands of faith and the need for a firm …
Third Week of Easter “Whoever eats of this bread will live forever.” Jn 6:52-59 Once again…obstinate in their models of who God should be, Jesus’ contemporaries and religious leaders did not accept his liberating message, nor could they understand it. That invitation of Jesus to eat his flesh and drink his blood sounded strange and …
Third Week of Easter “This is the will of the Father, that everyone who sees the Son should have eternal life.” Jn. 6:35-40 In this short reading from John’s Gospel, we can observe some categorical statements of Jesus regarding himself, his promises, teachings, revelations, the will of the Father, and the fulfillment of all this, …
Third Week of Easter “What signs do you do that we may see and believe in you? What work do you do?” Jn 6:30-35 In today’s gospel people wanted to see spectacular signs in Jesus in order to believe. They want the bread of the past, which they neither remember, nor have they eaten of …
