Thursday, 4 May 2017 : First Letter of Peter 4,1-11.
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin), so as to live for the rest of your earthly life...
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I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that...
View ArticleFriday, 5 May 2017 : First Letter of Peter 4,12-19.
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so far as you are sharing Christ’s...
View ArticleSaturday, 6 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, ‘This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?’ But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, ‘Does this offend...
View ArticleSaturday, 6 May 2017 : First Letter of Peter 5,1-14.
Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you to tend the flock of God that is in your charge,...
View ArticleSunday, 7 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of...
View ArticleSunday, 7 May 2017 : Letter to the Hebrews 13,18-25.
Pray for us; we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honourably in all things. I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you very soon. Now may the God of...
View ArticleSunday, 7 May 2017 : Commentary Jean-Pierre de Caussade
All creatures that exist are in the hands of God. The action of the creature can only be perceived by the senses, but faith sees in all things the action of the Creator. It believes that in Jesus...
View ArticleMonday, 8 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, ‘Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?’ When Peter...
View ArticleMonday, 8 May 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 1,26-31.
Consider your own call, not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what...
View ArticleTuesday, 9 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by...
View ArticleTuesday, 9 May 2017 : Letter to the Romans 9,26-33.
‘And in the very place where it was said to them, "You are not my people", there they shall be called children of the living God.’ And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, ‘Though the number of the...
View ArticleWednesday, 10 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went...
View ArticleWednesday, 10 May 2017 : First Letter to the Thessalonians 2,13-20.
We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at...
View ArticleThursday, 11 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, got into a boat, and started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The lake became rough because a...
View ArticleThursday, 11 May 2017 : First Letter to the Thessalonians 3,1-13.
Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens; and we sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage...
View ArticleFriday, 12 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the lake saw that there had been only one boat there. They also saw that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that his...
View ArticleFriday, 12 May 2017 : First Letter to the Thessalonians 4,1-12.
Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more....
View ArticleSaturday, 13 May 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray....
View ArticleSaturday, 13 May 2017 : First Letter to the Thessalonians 5,12-28.
But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labour among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at...
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