21 May - The Ascension of the Lord The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., universally celebrated) feasts of Christian churches, ranking with the feasts of the Passion, of Easter, and Pentecost. Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on... Continue Reading →
20 May, Wednesday — Unknown and Unknowable
Wednesday of 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 Jn 16:12-15 To An Unknown God On the way to the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd one day for some personal prayer time, I was stopped by a couple of our non-Catholic, Christian brothers just outside the gates. They took pains to evangelize about the theology of... Continue Reading →
19 May, Tuesday — Believers shall earn salvation
Tuesday of 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 16:22-34John 16:5-11 “Become a believer in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and your household too.” The weight of human belief is the product of the magnitude of mental richness and the direction of thought; it stems from realization and understanding around faith. Sometimes, the pressure... Continue Reading →
18 May, Monday — Those who don’t know God are wrong doers
May 18 – Memorial for St. John I, Pope and Martyr John (d. 526) was a priest in Rome, and became the 53rd pope in 523. Italy’s ruler then, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. For a while he left the Catholics alone, but in later life he became suspicious of everyone, imagining conspiracies and... Continue Reading →
17 May, Sunday — We cannot be orphans while loving God
6th Sunday in Easter Acts 8:5-8, 14-171 Pet 3:15-18Jn 14:15-21 “I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you.” In our traditional settings, orphans, when they are very young and tender, are helpless and vulnerable; they grow without parental support and depend on the trappings of relations and society. When they are... Continue Reading →
16 May, Saturday — Discernment of God’s voice in visions and messages
Saturday of 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 16:1–10 Jn 15:18–21 “Come across to Macedonia and help us.” Recently, I was going through a spiritual crisis in my life. As I was wondering whom I should reach out to, I received a text from one of my Catholic friends, whom I had not communicated with for a long... Continue Reading →
15 May, Friday — Love the sinner, but hate the sin
Friday of 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 15:22–31Jn 15:12–17 “This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you.” There is once a saying -- love the sinner but hate the sin. Someone close to me had deeply hurt me recently by betraying my trust. I had to figure out how best I... Continue Reading →
14 May, Thursday — No One Has Greater Love Than This
May 14 – Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle Matthias (d. 80) was an Apostle. As he could bear witness to the Resurrection of Jesus, he was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. He preached the Gospel for more than 30 years in Judaea, Cappadocia, Egypt, and Ethopia. He is remembered for preaching the need for mortification of... Continue Reading →
13 May, Wednesday — My Forever-Home
Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide13 May - Feast of Our Lady of FatimaThis feast commemorates the visions of Our Lady seen near Fátima in Portugal in 1917 by three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto. The visions occurred on the 13th day of each month from May... Continue Reading →
12 May, Tuesday — Be at Peace with the Questions
Tuesday of the 5th week of EastertideActs 14:19-28John 14:27-31Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which... Continue Reading →
