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.
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.