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Friday, May 23

Fifth Week of Easter “This is my commandment: love one another.” Jn. 15:12. Saint. Augustine said, “Love and then do what you will…for he who truly loves God will do only what pleases Him and will avoid all that He dislikes.” Today’s Gospel reminds us that the most important thing that Jesus came to teach …

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Thursday, May 22

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 …

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Wednesday, May 21

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 …

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Tuesday, May 20

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 …

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Monday, May 19

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 …

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Sunday, May 18

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 …

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Saturday, May 17

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 …

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Friday, May 16

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 …

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Thursday, May 15

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 …

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