8th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, May 26

  8th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, May 26

Ecclesiasticus 36:1, 4-5, 10-17 / Mark 10:32-45 

Lord, show yourself: Give new signs and work new wonders. 

After graduating from Georgetown University, Anne Donohue did volunteer work at Covenant House, a shelter for runaways in New York City.

8th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, May 24

 8th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, May 24

Ecclesiasticus 17: 24-29 / Mark 10:17-27

The Lord provides a way back; Return to the Lord. 

Charlie Rumbaugh grew up in reform schools, jails, and mental hospitals. At the age of 17, he escaped from a manic-depressive ward, found a gun, and held up a jewellery store.

7th Week of Easter, Friday, May 21

 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.

Matters India - May 18

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Easter 7th Week: May 17-22:

 Easter 7^th 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.

Pentecost 2021: Happy Birthday, Church

 

Starters from Fr. Tony Kadavil:
 
Pentecost  literally  means  50th.  It  is  a  feast  celebrated  on  the  50th   day  after  the Passover feast by the Jews and a feast celebrated on the 50th day after the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus by the Christians. The Jewish Pentecost was originally a post- harvest thanksgiving feast.   Later it was celebrated to remember God’s covenants with Noah after the Deluge and with Moses at Mt. Sinai
 

6th Week of Easter, Saturday, May 15

 6th Week of Easter, Saturday, May 15

Acts 18:23-28 / John 16:23-28

Jesus gives final instructions; "Ask and you will receive. "

 

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 7 Sunday B

 From the Connections:

THE WORD:
In John’s account of the Last Supper, after his final teachings to his disciples before his passion, Jesus addresses his Father in heaven.  Today’s Gospel is from Chapter 17 of John’s Gospel, the “high priestly prayer” of Jesus in which he prays for his disciples, that they may be united in love, persevere despite the world’s “hatred” of them for the Word that they will proclaim, and be “consecrated” in the “truth.”

Ascension 2021

Starters: From Fr. Tony Kadavil:

Anecdote 1) God’s love in action: The disciples who completed Puccini’s opera Turandot. The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini wrote La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Tosca.

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.