9th Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, June 3
Tobit 6:10-11; 7:1, 9-14; 8:4-9 / Mark 11:5-17
Tobiah and Sarah pray together: They asked God to bless their marriage.
9th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, June 2
Tobit 3:1-11, 16-17 / Mark 12:18-27
Today's reading is like a play with three acts. In the first act, Tobit becomes so depressed that he asks God to save him from his troubles, even if it means death.
Elizabeth’s special recipe
Elizabeth's house was always filled with love, joy, good times - and fresh bread. Of course, things come slower these days for 85-year-old Elizabeth. The simplest tasks take more time and demand more energy now than they did when she was 25.
9th Week: May 31- June 5:
May 3 Monday: Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary
The context: The mystery of the Incarnation comes to ordinary people living ordinary lives, who have the willingness to respond to God’s call and the openness and generosity to do God’s will.
9th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, June 1
As sometimes happens, the harder people try to be loyal to God, the more misfortune seems to strike them. This happened to Tobit; he became blind.
From Fr. Jude Botelho:
8th Week: May 24-29:
May 24 Monday (Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church)
One of the most recent architectural additions to Saint Peter’s Square is the mosaic of Mary “Mother of the Church,”
Visitation of the BVM, Monday, May 31
Zephaniah 3:14-18 or Romans 12:9-16 / Luke 1:39-56
Mary sings of God's goodness; "The Lord has exalted my lowliness. "
Amado Nervo was a Mexican mystic and poet who died in 1919.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, May 26
Ecclesiasticus 36:1, 4-5, 10-17 / Mark 10:32-45
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
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, Saturday, May 22
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 / John 21:20-25
Paul preaches in Rome: Ile taught about Jesus.
In the 1960s an apocryphal Peanuts cartoon hung on the walls of a lot of dormitory rooms. The first panel showed Shroeder carrying a sign reading,
7th Week of Easter, Thursday, May 20
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 / John 17:20-26
The Lord speaks to Paul; "Keep up your courage!"
One August morning in 1985. a 22-year-old daredevil, named Steve Trotter, plunged 176 feet over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He became the seventh person in history to survive such a feat.
Easter 7th 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.
7th Week of Easter, Wednesday, May 19
Acts 2028-36 / John 17:11-19
Paul recalls some words of Jesus: There's more joy in giving than in getting. "
Seven-year-old Richard was the second youngest of nine children. Three days before Christmas, his mother asked him to shine her shoes for the holidays.
7th Week of Easter, Tuesday, May 18
Acts 20:17-27 / John 17:1-11
Paul speaks of his death: "If only I can finish my mission.”
In his book The Clown and the Crocodile, Joseph McLelland makes a provocative statement:
From Fr. Tony Kadavil's Collection:
1) Treasure within: An old beggar lay on his deathbed. His last words were to his young son who had been his constant companion during his begging trips.
7th Week of Easter, Monday, May 17
Acts 19:1-8 / John 16:29-33
Paul meets some incomplete Christians: He baptized then: in the name of Jesus
Organ transplanting involves two steps: taking out the old organ and putting in the new organ. These two steps help us understand better the difference between John's baptism and Christian baptisms.
From Fr. Jude Botelho:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1: “Then I’d Be a Baptist” (By Tony Campolo, the Baptist preacher and writer): A preacher pounding away at the pulpit, yelled at the congregation, “Is everybody here a Baptist?” A man several rows back answered, “No I am a Methodist!”
Easter 6th 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.
St. Matthias, Apostle, Friday, May 14
Acts
1:15-17, 20-26 / John 15:9-17
Jesus
speaks about life; "Live in my love; keep my commandments. "
Three people were discussing some recent translations of the Bible.
Easter 6th Week, Thursday, May 13
Acts 18:1-8 / John 16:16-20
Jesus speaks about his leaving: “In a little while and you will no longer see me” (Jn 16/16)
6th Week of Easter, Monday, May 10
Acts 16:13-15 / John 15:26 - 16:4
Jesus instructs his disciples; "You must bear witness on my behalf. "
A witness is someone who can say, "1 know what I am talking about from personal experience." Thus, Christian witness involves two things:
5th Week of Easter, Friday, May 7
Acts 15:22-31 / John 15:12-17
A municipal park in Chicago is called Milton Olive Park. The story behind the park's name deserves to be told over and over.
5th Week of Easter, Thursday, May 6
Acts 15:7-21 / John 15:9-11
Jesus talks about love; "As the Father lows me, so I love you.”
A godfather was visiting at the home of his godchild. She was showing him her dolls. "Which doll do you like most?" he asked.
Easter 5th
Week: May 3- 8
May 3 Monday: Saints
Philip & James the Lesser, Apostles
James, son of Alphaeus, called James the Lesser wrote the epistle that bears his name and became the bishop of Jerusalem. He is brother of Jude and they are cousins of Jesus because their mother Mary is sister or cousin of Jesus’ mother and she was married to Alphaeus or Clophas.
5th Week of Easter, Tuesday, May 4
Acts 14:19-28 / John 14:27-31
Jesus calms his disciples; "Do not be troubled or afraid. "
London was bombed mercilessly during World War Il. One night a man in his 80s was standing outside St. Andrew's Church. The church was located on the edge of London and overlooked the city.
1) “She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is.” It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80’s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.