Thursday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 8:26-40 Jn 6:44-51 “I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.” “There is a glowing sense of sunlight with each bite... Continue Reading →
4 May, Wednesday — Authentic Faith and Love
Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 8:1-8Jn 6:35-40 Those who had escaped went from place to place preaching the Good News. I am sure many of us have faced adversity in our lives, some certainly more than others. I, for one, have thought I had the bad luck to always draw the short... Continue Reading →
2 May, Monday — True Connection with God
May 2 – Memorial for St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor St. Athanasius (c.295) studied the classics and theology in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a deacon, secretary, and student of Bishop Alexander of Alexandria. He attended the Council of Nicaea in 325 where he fought for the defeat of Arianism and the acceptance of the divinity of... Continue Reading →
1 May, Sunday – Bearing a spirit of openness
3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32,40-41Apo 5:11-14Jn 21:1-19 “It is the Lord” I am quite a consumer of social media. One of the things I enjoy doing is watching those (cheesy) videos which normally end with some moral themes, such as, 'Don’t judge a book by its cover, or 'Be respectful to others', just to... Continue Reading →
30 April, Saturday – Too Good to be True
30 Apr – Memorial for St. Pius V, pope Antonio Ghislieri (1504-1572) was born to impoverished Italian nobility, the son of Paolo Ghislieri and Domenica Augeria. He worked as a shepherd as a boy, and received an excellent education in piety and holiness, including a scholastic education from a Dominican friar. He joined the Order... Continue Reading →
29 April, Friday – The bigger picture
29 Apr – Memorial for St. Catherine of Siena, virgin & doctor St. Catherine (1347-1380) was the youngest child in a large family. At the age of six, she had a vision in which Jesus appeared and blessed her. Her parents wanted her to marry, but she became a Dominican tertiary. She was a mystic and... Continue Reading →
28 April, Thursday – Obedience to God or man
28 Apr – Memorial for St. Peter Chanel, priest & martyr; Memorial for St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest St. Peter Chanel (1803-1841) was born to a peasant family and was a shepherd as a boy. He was an excellent student and was ordained at 24. He was assigned to Crozet, a parish in decline; he... Continue Reading →
27 April, Wednesday — The Gray Area
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Easter Acts 5:17-26Jn 3:16-21 ...indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, for fear his actions should be exposed... My family watched the livestream of the Easter Vigil from the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd because my 8-year-old wanted to watch the Liturgy of Light and... Continue Reading →
26 April, Tuesday — Don’t drop the ball!
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 4:32-37Jn 3:7-15 "The wind blows wherever it pleases; you hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. That is how it is with all who are born of the Spirit." I'm not entirely sure why the verse above (John... Continue Reading →
25 April, Monday — Stay spiritually vigilant
25 Apr – Feast of St. Mark, evangelist St. Mark is believed to be the young man who ran away when Jesus was arrested (Mark 14:51-52), and the “John whose other name was Mark” (Acts 12:25). He was a disciple of St. Peter who travelled with him to Rome, and was referred to as “my son... Continue Reading →
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