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.