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April 25, 2018

Feast of Saint Mark, evangelist

Since the Resurrection is the reality and fullness of new life, it also marks a definitive break with the past. This comes out especially in the Gospel narratives where we encounter the risen Christ. He no longer looks the same, He is only really recognizable in the Word and the Eucharistic Bread. He encourages His disciples to look forward to the new gift: the Paraclete. “It is good for you that I go, because if I don’t, the Holy Spirit will not come to you.” Jesus focuses on His relationship with the Father and encourages His disciples to be “in Him” just as He is in the Father. Christ is the same yesterday today and forever, but our relationship with Him as with God is something that must constantly be evolving and deepening. read more

April 23, 2018

Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter

Jesus is both gate and shepherd. Perhaps the significance of this dual image will help us understand progressively where Jesus is taking us. Certainly Jesus wants to provide us with a new destination: heaven. We have to follow Him in order to arrive at that destination. Jesus is also the door however: we must step into him and through him in order to reach the place where He wants to finally lead us.

It shouldn’t surprise us that Jesus acts in different and progressively more direct and intimate ways as we grow in our Christian life. St. John provides us with the seven “I am”s of Christ to introduce us into the mystery of His manifold presence and action in our lives. read more

April 20, 2018

Friday of the Third Week of Easter

The end of Jesus’ teaching on the Bread of Life brings us straight to the gift of the Eucharist. St. John does not record the words of Christ at the Last Supper, but we may suppose that this part of the teaching was given at the Last Supper. St. John includes it as part of the discourse given in Capharnaum undoubtedly to help us connect the two events. Jesus began teaching about a real gift of food he was to give his disciples before his passion. Food is certainly something that “dies” in order to give life to the one who destroys it. Christ offers Himself to be destroyed, “chewed up,” consumed by those who believe in Him, that their hearts may be resurrected into His own Living Flesh. Eating the Eucharistic Bread with faith causes a transformation of our flesh, most especially the flesh of our heart. read more

Daily Readings

Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist
by USCCB on December 27, 2024 at 9:30 am
Reading 1 1 Jn 1:1-4 Beloved:What was from the beginning,what we have heard,what we have seen with our eyes,what we looked uponand touched with our handsconcerns the Word of life —for the life was made visible;we have seen it and testify to itand proclaim to you the eternal lifethat was with the Father and was made visible to us— what we have seen and heardwe proclaim now to you,so that you too may have fellowship with us;for our fellowship is with the Fatherand with his Son, Jesus Christ.We are writing this so that our joy may be complete. Responsorial Psalm Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 R. (12) Rejoice in the Lord, you just!The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;let the many isles be glad.Clouds and darkness are around him,justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.R. Rejoice in the Lord, you just!The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,before the LORD of all the earth.The heavens proclaim his justice,and all peoples see his glory.R. Rejoice in the Lord, you just!Light dawns for the just;and gladness, for the upright of heart.Be glad in the LORD, you just,and give thanks to his holy name.R. Rejoice in the Lord, you just! Alleluia See R. Alleluia, alleluia.We praise you, O God,we acclaim you as Lord;the glorious company of Apostles praise you.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Jn 20:1a and 2-8 On the first day of the week,Mary Magdalene ran and went to Simon Peterand to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,"They have taken the Lord from the tomb,and we do not know where they put him."So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peterand arrived at the tomb first;he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.When Simon Peter arrived after him,he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,and the cloth that had covered his head,not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.Then the other disciple also went in,the one who had arrived at the tomb first,and he saw and believed. - - - Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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