Easter 6th Week: May 10-15:

   Easter 6^th 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

 6th Week of Easter, Wednesday, May 12

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.

6th Week of Easter, Tuesday, May 11

 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. "

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

 5th Week of Easter, Saturday, May 8

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 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

 5th Week of Easter, Friday, May 7

Acts 15:22-31 / John 15:12-17 

Jesus talks more about love; "No one has greater love than this. "

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

 5th Week of Easter, Wednesday, May 5

Acts 15:1-6 / John 15:1-6

Jesus talks about being one with him; "Remain in me, as I remain in you. " 

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

 Easter 5^th 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.

Easter 6 Sunday B: Love as I have Loved you

 

Starters from Fr. Tony Kadavil's Collection:

1) God’s love in action:
When Fr. Damien arrived in Molokai to assemble a prefabricated church for the lepers, he spent the first few weeks sleeping out under the trees, because he was unable to cope with the stench in the hovels of the lepers.

Easter 5 Sunday B: Liturgical Prayers

Greeting

We need not be afraid in God's presence,
and whatever we ask him
we shall receive
that is, if we keep his commandments,
that we believe in Christ and love each other.
May the love and peace of Jesus be with you.

Easter 5 Sunday B - Vine and Branches

The Lord may find us as we search for him - Mary at the tomb (it's he who finds us even though it's we who search for him even as Zacchaeus). The Lord may give us a personal experience of him in our theological and ideological doubts (Thomas. That's another form of searching for him like Augustine and Thomas Merton).