5th Sunday of Easter Acts 9: 26-31; Psalm 21 (22); 1 St. John 3: 18-24; John 15: 4-5b Read: I am the true vine and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit He cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more…….If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask what …
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4th Sunday of Easter Acts 4: 8-12; Psalm 117; 1 St. John 3: 1-2; John 10: 11-18 Read: I am the good shepherd, I know my sheep, and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know Him, and I give my life for my sheep. Reflect: What the good shepherd is for his sheep, Jesus is the same for us. When he said that he …
3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 3: 13-15,17-19; Psalm 4; 1 St. John 2: 1-5a; Luke 24: 35-48 Read: As they were still talking, Jesus himself stood in their midst and told them: “Peace be with you!”. They were terrified because they thought they were seeing a ghost. However, he said: “Why are you so confused? Why do you have such thoughts in your hearts? See my hands and feet. I …
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2nd Sunday of Easter – Year B Acts 4: 32-35; Psalm 117;1 St. John 5: 1-6; John 20: 19-31 Read: Thomas responded: “My God and my Lord!” Jesus said to him: ”You believe because you can see me! Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe .” Reflect: The Evangelist St. John presents to us St. Thomas as a symbol of every disciple who has difficulty in believing. St. John …
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Palm Sunday Isa. 50: 4-7; Psalm 21; Phil. 2: 6-11; Mark 14:1 -15:47 Read: And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull. And they gave him to drink wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it. Then they crucified him. Reflect: During Holy Week, we are called to contemplate the figure of Jesus hung on the Cross. To contemplate the Cross does …
5th Sunday of Lent Jer. 31: 31-34; Psalm 50; Heb. 5: 7-9; John 12:20-33 Read: “In those days, amongst those that went up to Jerusalem to worship God at the festival were some Greeks. They approached Philip …. and put this request to him ‘Sir, we would like to see Jesus.’” And Jesus replied to them: ”Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I …
4th Sunday of Lent 2 Chron. 36: 14-16, 19-23; Psalm 136; Eph. 2: 4-10; John 3:14-21 Read: God did not send His Son in this world to judge the world, but so that the world would be saved by Him. Reflect: “From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead”. That is what we acknowledge when we say the Apostles’ Creed. However, did we ever ask ourselves …
3rd Sunday of Lent Ex. 20: 1-17; Psalm 18; 1Cor. 1: 22-25; John 2:13-25 Read: The Jews then told Jesus: “What sign can you show us to justify that you are able to do that?” Jesus replied: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rebuild it”. The Jews replied: “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it up in three …
Anna Clara Giovanna Baseggio was born in Ferrara on 5 May 1752. From an early age she showed a strong artistic inclination, leading her parents to imagine a promising future. At the age of 12, she was entrusted to her paternal uncle to learn better the art of wood gilding but her encounter with God led her to desire a different path, oriented towards religious life. There in Ferrara, in …
2nd Sunday of Lent – Year B Gen. 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Psalm 115; Rom. 3: 31b-34; Mark 9: 2-10 Read: Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone by themselves, and he was transfigured. His clothes became dazzling white ……. then a cloud came covering them and covered them, and there came a voice from …
When we feel that we are losing heart, let us look towards the dazzling face of Jesus. Read More »
