9th Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, June 3
Tobit 6:10-11; 7:1, 9-14; 8:4-9 / Mark 11:5-17
Tobiah and Sarah pray together: They asked God to bless their marriage.
Understand the difference: Trans-substantiation; Trans-signification; trans-finalization; Catholic belief in Real Presence and transubstantiation (Term from St. Thomas Aquinas).
9th Week: May 31- June 5:
May 3 Monday: Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary
The context: The mystery of the Incarnation comes to ordinary people living ordinary lives, who have the willingness to respond to God’s call and the openness and generosity to do God’s will.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, May 25
Ecclesiasticus 35:1-12 / Mark 10:28-31
The just man's sacrifice is most pleasing: It will never be forgotten.
A new ministry is arising among shut-ins and retired people.
8th Week: May 24-29:
May 24 Monday (Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the
Church)
One of the most recent architectural additions to Saint Peter’s Square is the mosaic of Mary “Mother of the Church,”
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Saturday, May 29
Ecclesiasticus 51:12-20 / Mark 11:27-33
We sometimes think of wisdom as being reserved for people with grey hair. There is indeed a wisdom that comes from years of living.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Friday, May 28
Ecclesiasticus
44:1. 9-13 / Mark 11:11-26
The memory of the good endures: Their glory will never be blotted out.
Africans have a far deeper appreciation of their ancestors and forefathers than we do. There is even a form of ancestor worship that has developed within some African tribes.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, May 27
Ecclesiasticus 42:15-25 / Mark 10:46-52
How wonderful is God's work: It fills the earth.
At the age of 44, Carlo Caretto felt a call to leave everything, go into the desert in Arabia, and become a member of the Little Brothers of Jesus.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, May 26
Ecclesiasticus 36:1, 4-5, 10-17 / Mark 10:32-45
After graduating from Georgetown University, Anne Donohue did volunteer work at Covenant House, a shelter for runaways in New York City.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, May 24
Ecclesiasticus
17: 24-29 / Mark 10:17-27
The Lord provides a way back; Return to the Lord.
Charlie Rumbaugh grew up in reform schools, jails, and mental hospitals. At the age of 17, he escaped from a manic-depressive ward, found a gun, and held up a jewellery store.
7th Week of Easter, Friday, May 21
Acts 25:3-21 / John 21:15-19
Paul goes
before King Agrippa; Paul claimed Jesus is alive.
Some years ago there was a best-seller entitled I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
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Easter 7th Week: May 17-22:
May 17 Monday: John 16: 29-33:
Context: Jesus is speaking to his apostles after the
Last Supper.
Scripture lessons: In this Last Supper discourse, Jesus explains his Divine origin and his relationship to God his Father in clear terms without using any metaphors.
6th Week of Easter, Saturday, May 15
Acts
18:23-28 / John 16:23-28
An amusing cartoon showed a tiny insect peering up at a huge insect. After staring at the huge insect for a while, the tiny insect said, "What kind of a bug are you?"
Easter 6th Week: May 10-15:
May 10 Monday (St. Damien de Veuster, Priest, U. S. A.) John 15: 26–16:4 :
Context: In his final discourse with the apostles at the Last Supper, Jesus assured them that he would not desert them. Instead, a powerful Divine Helper, the Holy Spirit, would come to them from Jesus and the Father in order to guide them and to strengthen them.
6th Week of Easter, Wednesday, May 12
Jesus
speaks more about the Spirit; "The Spirit will guide you.”
A young Hindu and a Christian seminarian were attending the same week-long seminar on the Sermon on the Mount. In the course of the week, the two young people became good friends.
6th Week of Easter, Tuesday, May 11
Acts
16:22-34 / John 16:5-11
Jesus
speaks about the Spirit; "The Spirit will convict the world about sin.
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The expression "convict the world," or "prove the world wrong," means something very special. It means the world will recognize on its own that it was wrong.
5th Week of Easter, Saturday, May 8
Acts 16:1-10 / John 15:18-21
An American warship was transporting wounded Japanese prisoners during World War Il. The medical officer took such excellent care of the prisoners that some American officers protested. "Treat those animals the same way that they treat our wounded," they said.
5th Week of Easter, Friday, May 7
Acts 15:22-31 / John 15:12-17
A municipal park in Chicago is called Milton Olive Park. The story behind the park's name deserves to be told over and over.
5th Week of Easter, Wednesday, May 5
Acts
15:1-6 / John 15:1-6
Paul Claudel's play The Satin Slipper opens with a dramatic scene: a shipwreck at sea. The sole survivor is a missionary who has tied himself to the mainmast.
Easter 5th
Week: May 3- 8
May 3 Monday: Saints
Philip & James the Lesser, Apostles
James, son of Alphaeus, called James the Lesser wrote the epistle that bears his name and became the bishop of Jerusalem. He is brother of Jude and they are cousins of Jesus because their mother Mary is sister or cousin of Jesus’ mother and she was married to Alphaeus or Clophas.