10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time – Our Lady, Mother of the Church: Monday 10th June 2019Gen. 3:9-15,20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps. 87(86):1-2,3,5,6-7; Jn. 19:25-34 (Ps Wk II) Our Lady has been given many titles, stressing her role in union with her Son Jesus in God’s work of salvation. Many of the…
Pentecost SundayPENTECOST SUNDAY (C): 9th June 2019Acts 2:1-11; Ps. 104(103):1,24,29-30,31,34; Rom. 8:8-17; Jn. 14:15-16,23-26 (Psalter proper) Today is Pentecost Sunday. Today is the 50th day of the resurrection of our Lord. Today we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit came, the Holy Spirit came dramatically. The apostles were in one…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Saturday, 8th June 2019Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps. 11(10):4,5,7; Jn. 21:20-25 (Ps Wk III) In the first reading, we read how Paul arrives in chains to Rome. While there, he makes an attempt to meet with the Roman Jews in order to explain his case to them. Even in difficult…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Friday, 7th June 2019Acts 25:13-21; Ps. 103(102):1-2,11-12,19-20; Jn. 21:15-19 (Ps Wk III) In the Gospel reading, Simon Peter stood out as the leader among the disciples. During the time of Jesus’ trial, Peter had denied Jesus three times (18:17, 25, 27). Now on the shores of the Sea…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Thursday, 6th June 2019Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps. 16(15):1-2,5,7-8,9-10,11; Jn. 17:20-26 (Ps Wk III) At the end of yesterday’s first reading we saw Paul leaving Miletus by sea. He knew that he would face many difficulties in Jerusalem, but with his long experience of danger, he could not have…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Wednesday, 5th June 2019Acts 20:28-38; Ps. 68(67):29-30,33-35a,35bc,36c; Jn. 17:11b-19 (Ps Wk III) Paul gave a long and tearful farewell to his followers - he knew that they would not meet again. There was a bit of fear, for he didn’t know how the community would fare after he…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Tuesday, 4th June 2019Acts 20:17-27; Ps. 68(67):10-11,20-21; Jn. 17:1-11a (Ps Wk III) Jesus has finished speaking to his disciples with words full of encouragement and great promises. Now he enters into his passion by praying for his disciples and for all of us who have come to believe…
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…