SS Nereus & Achilleus, St Pancras, Martyrs, pray for us4th Week of Easter : Monday 12th May 2025Acts 11:1-18; Ps 41 (42):2-3, 42 (43):3-4; Jn 10:1-10 (Ps Wk IV) Today, we hear from Jesus, the parable of ‘The good shepherd’. We can imagine one of those sheepfolds in which the flocks of various shepherds are…
Jesus, our Good Shepherd, lead us safely to our eternal hopeGOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY : 11th May 2025Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 99 (100):1-3, 5; Rev 7:9, 14-17; Jn 10:27-30 (Ps Wk IV) How can I be the voice of Christ our Good Shepherd that raises the hope of those under my care? Shepherd in Biblical Hebrew has…
St John De Avila, Priest & Doctor, pray for us3rd Week of Easter : Saturday 10th May 2025Acts 9:31-42; Ps 115 (116):12-17; Jn 6:60-69 (Ps Wk III) How serious are we taking Jesus’ words? Today’s Gospel is a moment of profound significance where the words of Jesus challenge and test the faith of His disciples.…
Lord, help us to live the role that God has destined for each of us3rd Week of Easter : Friday 9th May 2025Acts 9:1-20; Ps 116 (117):1-2 Jn 6:52-59 (Ps Wk III) Today the Acts of the Apostles relates how Saul reappears, on his way to Damascus, authorised by the Jewish leaders to arrest any members…
Jesus says “I will raise you up when that day comes.”3rd Week of Easter : Thursday 8th May 2025Acts 8:26-40; Ps 65 (66):8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 (Ps Wk III) “Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.” (v35). The focal point is Jesus Christ. The encounter…
The answer to everything is found in JESUS3rd Week of Easter : Wednesday 7th May 2025Acts 8:1-8; Ps 65 (66):1-7; Jn 6:35-40 (Ps Wk III) “That day followed a bitter persecution” rings a familiar chord in all believing Christian communities. Persecution pushes Christianity beyond comfort zones - out into the peripheries. Far from driving believers into…
Lord, help me to see and realise that You are always with us3rd Week of Easter : Tuesday 6th May 2025Acts 7:51 – 8:1; Ps 30 (31):3-4, 6-8, 17, 21; Jn 6:30-35 (Ps Wk III) The account of the stoning of Stephen is brutal and reminds us of the Crucifixion of Jesus. Stephen was a faithful…
Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life3rd Week of Easter : Monday 5th May 2025Acts 6:8-15; Ps 118 (119): 23-24, 26-27, 29-30 Jn 6:22-29 (Ps Wk III) In the Acts of the Apostles, the mention of Jesus of Nazareth by Stephen somehow provoked the group of people…
Lord, help us to overcome our guilt for grievous sins3rd Week of Easter : Sunday 4th May 2025Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Ps 29 (30):2, 4-6, 11-13; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 (or 21:1-14) (Ps Wk III) “When you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and somebody else would put a belt around you and take you…
SS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES , pray for us2nd Week of Easter : Saturday 3rd May 20251 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 18 (19):2-5; Jn 14:6-14 (Ps Prop) Take time to read the few verses of 1 Cor 15 which are the first creed of the Church. It is very simple, concentrating on the fact that Jesus died…