Easter 6th Week, Thursday, May 21st

Acts 18:1-8 / John 16:16-20 

Jesus speaks about his leaving: “In a little while and you will no longer see me” (Jn 16/16)

Someone said hindsight is always 20/20. But hindsight is what you don’t have at the time. In simple matters of fact hindsight is a simple thing: you can see within the hour that you backed the wrong horse – or within seconds that you said the wrong thing. But in deeper matters, hindsight is a slow process of realization. The Holy Spirit gives hindsight on Jesus. This is the Spirit working in us, the patient inner teacher, opening our minds slowly to the light that has long since come into the world. The Spirit guides us (hodegeo) along the way; it is Jesus who is the way (hodos) itself – indeed the truth itself (Jn 14:6).

New Responsibility - 4 R's or "LOVE"

7 UP's - Different Kind of a Drink!

Easter 6th Week, Wednesday, May 20th

Acts 17:15, 22 - 18:1 / John 16:12-15 

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. At one point the young Hindu confided to the seminarian that he had problems with Jesus’ sermon. He knew how much it had influenced Gandhi, and he wanted to live his life by it. But he feared it was too lofty an ethic for ordinary people to live by. Toward the end of the seminar, however, the Hindu gained new insight into his problem. The ethic was indeed lofty, but he had forgotten about Jesus’ promise. The Holy Spirit will not only teach the people the value of the ethic but also empower them to follow it.

Easter 6th Week- May 18-23

May 18 Monday (St. John I, Pope, Martyr):

 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-john-i/ : John 15: 26–16:4 : 26 But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me; 27 and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning. (John 16) 1 “I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.  “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. http://www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Leadership - Management

Easter 6th Week, Monday, May 18th

Acts 16:11-15 / John 15:26 - 16:4 

Jesus instructs his disciples: “You must bear witness on my behalf.”

A witness is someone who can say, “I know what I am talking about from personal experience.” Thus, Christian witness involves two things:

(1) a burning internal conviction about Jesus and

(2) a convincing external expression of this conviction.

Nice Messages - Inspirational

Some Messages to assist us to keep Focus

1. No matter how beautiful and  handsome you are,
just remember Baboon   and Gorillas also  attract tourists .

Stop Boasting.

2. No matter how big and strong you are,
you will not carry  yourself to your Grave.

Be Humble

Early Christian Church - Conflicts and Divisions

Easter 5th Week, Saturday, May 16th

 Acts 16:1-10 / John 15:18-21
Jesus warns his disciples: “They will persecute you as they did me.” 

An American warship was transporting wounded Japanese prisoners during World War II. 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. The medical officer responded: