VOCATION - GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY: We pray for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life4th Week in Easter : Sunday, 26th April 2026Act 2:14,36-41; Ps 22 (23):1-6; 1 Pt 2:20-25; Jn 10:1-10 (Ps Wk IV) Today, we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter, traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday. It is a day when…
ST MARK THE EVANGELIST, pray for us3rd Week in Easter : Saturday, 25th April 20261 Pt 5:5-14; Ps 88 (89):2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 (Ps Wk III) There are three central themes in today’s first reading: humility, watchfulness and hopeful endurance. Being humble is not self-degradation; it is being dependent on God, in choosing gentleness…
St FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, Priest, Martyr, pray for us3rd Week in Easter : Friday, 24th April 2026Act 9:1-20; Ps 116 (117); Jn 6:52-59 (Ps Wk III) What was perhaps the greatest controversy for the early followers of Christ and those who opposed them was Jesus’ insistence that they partake of His body and blood. Taken…
ST GEORGE, Martyr, pray for us 3rd Week in Easter :Thursday, 23rd April 2026Act 8:26-40; Ps 65 (66):8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 (Ps Wk III) Why are only some people drawn to follow Jesus? After all, everyone is invited. Jesus insisted that those who turned to Him were drawn by the Father. They had been…
More than physical hunger and thirst, Jesus fills the emotional and spiritual voids of us so that we may have life to the fullest3rd Week in Easter : Wednesday, 22nd April 2026Act 8:1-8; Ps 65 (66):1-7; Jn 6:35-40 (Ps Wk III) The crowds following Jesus make a request. They ask Jesus to give them the…
More than physical hunger and thirst, Jesus fills the emotional and spiritual voids of us so that we may have life to the fullest3rd Week in Easter : Tuesday, 21st April 2026Act 7:51-8:1; Ps 30 (31):3-4, 6, 8, 17, 21; Jn 6:30-35 (Ps Wk III) Among the many self-references that Jesus used in the course…
What does it mean to truly believe? To believe does not mean to have knowledge but to have a personal relationship with Jesus3rd Week in Easter : Monday, 20th April 2026Act 6:8-15; Ps 118 (119):23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 (Ps Wk III) Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit and doing great wonders and signs.…
Lord, we pray for priests in crisis, those who struggle with discouragement in their vocation, that they may recognise Christ walking with them through the care and accompaniment of others3rd Week in Easter : Sunday, 19th April 2026Act 2:14,22-33; Ps 15 (16):1-2, 5, 7-11; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 (Ps Wk III) The story of…
Lord, we pray for all our deacons that they may continue to serve the Lord in their own varied ways2nd Week in Easter : Saturday, 18th April 2026Act 6:1-7; Ps 32 (33):1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 (Ps Wk II) In the 1980s and 1990s, we hardly heard of the existence of a permanent deacon. About…
We are not asked to prove God by power or dominance, but to offer what we have — time, compassion, integrity — and allow God to multiply it for the good of all2nd Week in Easter : Friday, 17th April 2026Act 5:34-42; Ps 26 (27):1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 (Ps Wk II) In Acts 5,…