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.
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.