Thursday, 5 April 2018 : Letter to the Ephesians 2,1-10.
You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who...
View ArticleFriday, 6 April 2018 : Commentary Blessed Paul VI
Let us give our attention to the unexpected greeting, repeated three times by the risen Jesus when he appeared to his disciples, gathered together and locked in the upper room “for fear of the Jews”...
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While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them,...
View ArticleFriday, 6 April 2018 : Letter to the Romans 10,4-12.
For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that ‘the person who does these things...
View ArticleSaturday, 7 April 2018 : Commentary Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Having been baptized into Christ, and put on Christ (Gal 3,27), you have been made conformable to the Son of God; for God, having predestined us for adoption (Eph 1,5), formed us (Gn 2,7) according to...
View ArticleSaturday, 7 April 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be...
View ArticleSaturday, 7 April 2018 : Letter to the Colossians 2,8-15.
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. For in him...
View ArticleSunday, 8 April 2018 : Commentary Saint Thomas of Villanova
Thomas said: “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” What an astonishing hardness of heart on this...
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A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put...
View ArticleSunday, 8 April 2018 : Second Letter to the Corinthians 5,11-21.
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves...
View ArticleMonday, 9 April 2018 : Commentary Saint Augustine
“What was from the beginning, what we have heard, and what we have seen with our eyes, and what our hands have touched of the Word of life” (1Jn 1,1). Who touches the Word with his hands apart from the...
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Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other...
View ArticleMonday, 9 April 2018 : First Letter of Peter 1,1-9.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit...
View ArticleTuesday, 10 April 2018 : Commentary Anonymous 13th century monastic homily
“Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Holy angels, you well know whom she is weeping and looking for, so why stir up her tears by calling him to her mind? However, Mary can give free...
View ArticleTuesday, 10 April 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at...
View ArticleTuesday, 10 April 2018 : First Letter of Peter 1,10-16.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours made careful search and inquiry, inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them...
View ArticleWednesday, 11 April 2018 : Commentary Saint Gregory the Great
Adam, the author of our death, broke the commandments by eating the fruit of the forbidden tree of life (Gn 3,6). Let us who have fallen away from the joys of paradise through food, rise up to them...
View ArticleWednesday, 11 April 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large...
View ArticleWednesday, 11 April 2018 : First Letter of Peter 1,17-21.
If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways...
View ArticleThursday, 12 April 2018 : Commentary Catechism of the Catholic Church
The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. God alone can make it known to us by revealing himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The...
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