7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Monday, 3rd June 2019Acts 19:1-8; Ps. 68(67):2-3,4-5,6-7; Jn. 16:29-33 (Ps Wk III) The passage from Acts of the Apostles describes that when Paul arrived in Ephesus, he found some disciples there. Paul was curious as to what type of baptism these disciples had received and discovered they were…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Sunday, 2nd June 2019Acts 7:55-60; Ps. 97(96):1, 2,6,7,9; Rev. 22:12-14,16-17,20; Jn. 17:20-26 (Ps Wk III) The New Testament did not produce any treatise or document specifically on the three theological virtues, faith, hope and love though the three are often mentioned, especially in the letters of St Paul.…
6th Week of Easter 6th Week of Easter: St Justin, martyr – Saturday, 1st June 2019Acts 18:23-28; Ps. 47(46):2-3,8-9,10; Jn. 16:23b-28 (Ps Wk II) Apollos was a very eloquent and learned man. He proclaimed the gospel accurately and with enthusiasm. But that was not quite enough — some took him aside to explain the message…
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Friday6th Week of Easter: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Friday, 31st May 2019Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zeph. 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16; (R. Ps) Is. 12:2-3,4,5-6; Lk. 1:39-56 (Ps Wk II) Mary goes to help her cousin, Elizabeth. She goes there as a living tabernacle carrying…
6th Week of Easter: Ascension Thursday6th Week of Easter: Ascension Thursday, 30th May 2019Ascension of the Lord (C) Acts 1:1-11; Ps. 47(46):2-3,6-7,8-9; Heb. 9:24-28; 10:19-23; Lk. 24:46-53 (Psalter proper) Paul gained the attention of the Athenians by pointing out their statue to an unknown god — something familiar to his audience. Paul was able to…
6th Week of Easter: Wednesday6th Week of Easter: Wednesday, 29th May 2019Acts 17:15,22-18:1; Ps. 149(148):1-2,11-12,13,14; Jn. 16:12-15 (Morning Mass) (Ps Wk II) Paul gained the attention of the Athenians by pointing out their statue to an unknown god — something familiar to his audience. Paul was able to use this as a stepping-off point to…
6th Week of Easter: Tuesday6th Week of Easter: Tuesday, 28th May 2019Acts 16:22-34; Ps. 138(137):1-3,7-8; John. 16:5-11 (Ps Wk II) Rarely can the Word of God have intervened so dramatically in a human life than in the life of St Paul. He was knocked off his horse and temporarily blinded by something like a bolt…
6th Week of Easter: Monday6th Week of Easter: Monday, 27th May 2019Acts 16:11-15; Ps. 150(149):1-2,3-4,5-6,9; John. 15:26-16:4 (Ps Wk II) The Holy Spirit is God’s Easter gift to us. The Spirit reminds us we are but the Breath of God from the moment of our Creation (Gen. 2:7). Rowan Williams says the Church is not…
6th Week of Easter: Sunday6th Week of Easter: Sunday, 26th May 2019Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Ps. 67(66):2-3,5,6,8; Rev. 21:10-14,22-23; John. 14:23-29 (Ps Wk II) Chapters14-16 of John’s Gospel, from which today's Gospel reading is taken are bracketed by the opening and closing verses: “Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in God and trust in me”…
5th Week of Easter: Saturday5th Week of Easter: Saturday, 25th May 2019Acts 16:1-10; Ps. 100(99):2,3,5; John. 15:18 -21 (Ps Wk I) Timothy, a faithful believer and the son of a Greek father and a Jewish mother, had not been circumcised. Since Paul wanted to take Timothy on his missionary journeys where there would be many…