Easter 5th Week, Saturday, May 16th
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:
Jesus, the True Vine – May we be his branches that bear fruit
Jesus, the True Vine – May we be his branches that bear
fruit
We thank you, gracious God, for Jesus Christ the true vine,
with his roots eternally grounded in you. We rejoice that by grace we have been
grafted into him, to be branches on a vine which bears the loveliest of all the
fruits of earth. Yet we confess that all is not well with the way we live.
Easter 5th Week , Friday, May 15th
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. Milton Olive was a
19-year-old soldier who fought in Vietnam. In October 1965, he
threw himself on a live hand grenade and saved the lives of four comrades. “In
that incredible, brief moment...in which
he decided to die, he put others first and himself last. I have always believed
that to be the hardest but the highest decision that any man is called upon to
make.”
Easter 6th Sunday A - Liturgical Prayers
Greeting (See the Gospel)
“I will not leave you orphans,” says Jesus,
“but my Father will give you
the Spirit of truth.”
May the Spirit of our Lord be always with you.
Introduction by the Celebrant (Two Options)
“I will not leave you orphans,” says Jesus,
“but my Father will give you
the Spirit of truth.”
May the Spirit of our Lord be always with you.
Introduction by the Celebrant (Two Options)
St. Matthias, Apostle, Thursday, May 14th
Jesus speaks about
life: “Live in my love; keep my commandments.”
Three people were discussing some recent translations of the
Bible.
How faithful are we in translating the Bible into
action? Our greatest need is not to gain more knowledge, but to put into
practice what we already know.
Easter 5th Week, Wednesday, May 13th
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. As it pitches and tosses on the great waves, the
missionary senses that death is near. So he prays in
words like these: “0 Lord, I thank you for letting me die like this. Sometimes
I found your teaching hard, and sometimes I fought your will. But now I could
not be bound more closely to you. Most of us are honest people cannot free itself from this cross on which I die. Nor would I want
it to be free, for it makes me feel a special closeness to you.”
We are the Church of God - Prayer
As we read these days from the Acts of the Apostles about the Struggle and Growth of the Church
We are the Church of God
Lord Jesus, as we read these days from the Acts of the Apostles, we are enlightened by the fact that you are alive, and that you are building your Church through each of us. Your Church is built upon your life, death, burial, and resurrection. It is through the proclamation of this message—the gospel—that the Church will either visibly rise or fall.
We are the Church of God
Lord Jesus, as we read these days from the Acts of the Apostles, we are enlightened by the fact that you are alive, and that you are building your Church through each of us. Your Church is built upon your life, death, burial, and resurrection. It is through the proclamation of this message—the gospel—that the Church will either visibly rise or fall.
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