“We have left everything and followed you.” Mk. 10:28-31 The disciples have just witnessed Jesus’ encounter with a very rich young man, a good person, with a desire for perfection, whom Jesus looked at with special affection. To his question about eternal life, Jesus responds with a request: to let go of so many things […]
Monday, May 25 SAINT MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH “Behold, your Mother.” Jn. 19:25-34 In Bethlehem, Mary gave birth to Jesus our Savior; next to the cross she lives another painful “birth”: because there Jesus gives his Mother to all his brothers and sisters whom He is saving, represented in John so that from now
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SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Acts. 2, 1-11 On this solemnity, the Church is filled with joy because Jesus has put the finishing touch to her salvific mission: the gift of his Holy Spirit, which is another proof of his love. The liturgy of this solemnity, in the Sequence that accompanies
“Follow me.” Jn. 21:20-25 In this journey with Jesus, each one has his or her call, his or her mission, his or her way of following him. “You, follow me.” The important thing is to listen to him and get going. Peter is curious about John’s fate, for he has seen him so close to
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Jn. 21:15-19n On that morning by the lake, Jesus is going to entrust Peter with a great mission, but first, He wants him to feel very sure of his Lord, sure that he loves him above all else. That will be your strength in the mission; there will be
“May they be one like us, so that the world may believe that You have sent me.” Jn. 17:20-26 John’s texts continue to lead us to listen to what Jesus says to the Father. He insistently asks for our unity with him and with the Father; and unity among us, their friends. Jesus asks for unity in
“Holy Father, keep them in your name, that they may be one as we are.” Jn. 17:11b-19 Jesus continues to pray and ask the Father for what He knows we need to remain with him; that we may be one, as He is with the Father, that we may have his joy, that He may keep
“I pray for them…, for these whom you gave me, because they are yours.” Jn. 17:1-11b Jesus’ words to his friends in private, on that night of his farewell, are not only for them. These are words told by John, about all of us who over the centuries have set out to follow the Lord,
“Have courage, I have overcome the world” Jn. 16:29-36 The Lord knows us and knows that our faith is sometimes weak, as it was for the disciples even when they were with Jesus. It had to be the Holy Spirit with his strength and his transforming fire, who made those friends of Jesus, the courageous witnesses,
SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts. 1, 1-11 The physical and visible presence of Jesus will no longer be there; He has definitely entered into God. This is what is signified by the cloud that
