Fifth Week of Easter “Tell the wonders of the Lord!” Ps. 95. Today the liturgy brings us Psalm 95. The Psalm begins with a festive invitation to praise God, an invitation that immediately opens up to a universal perspective: “Sing to the Lord, all the earth”. This universal openness on the part of a small …
Fifth Week of Easter “Abide in me, as I abide in you.” Jn. 15:6. Jesus offers us an example of the degree of the bond that He establishes with us, making us sharers in his life: the vine and the branches. This is a participation that is neither “automatic” nor passive. It puts our freedom …
Fifth Week of Easter “My peace I give to you.” Jn. 14:27. From the beginning of this chapter of John, Jesus has not stopped giving great promises to his disciples. And today He promises them something that the world desperately seeks: peace. Peace was a longing of the Jews since they had lived for years …
Fifth Week of Easter “He who receives my commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves me.” Jn. 14:21-26 In today’s Gospel, as in the whole of chapter 14 of the Gospel according to John, the theme of Love is the background melody. It is about love (companionship, friendship, service, commitment) of Jesus …
Fifth Week of Easter “This is what I command you: to love one another.” Jn. 15:17. The heart of the Christian message is love. God loves me! What is it like to live with this reality? If we could grasp God’s unconditional love for us, life would be radically a path of love. To accept …
Fourth week of Easter “He who has seen me has seen the Father” John 14:7-14: Jesus’ exhortation to believe in God and in Him, which Saint John showed us yesterday, continues to be dealt with today with the deepening of the unity between Christ and the Father. Already in the prologue (chapter 1) Saint John …
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 …
