Thursday, 1 June 2017 : Letter to the Ephesians 5,1-7.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But fornication and impurity of any kind,...
View ArticleFriday, 2 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark...
‘Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will...
View ArticleFriday, 2 June 2017 : First Letter to the Thessalonians 2,1-8.
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully maltreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God...
View ArticleSaturday, 3 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your...
View ArticleSaturday, 3 June 2017 : Letter to the Ephesians 6,10-20.23-24.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies...
View ArticleSunday, 4 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,...
View ArticleSunday, 4 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 2,1-21.
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were...
View ArticleSunday, 4 June 2017 : Commentary Saint Aelred of Rielvaux
In the beginning, according to God’s plan, God’s Spirit filled the world, “reaching mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and governing all things sweetly.” (Wis 8:1) But where the Spirit’s...
View ArticleMonday, 5 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not...
View ArticleMonday, 5 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 2,22-28.
‘You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves...
View ArticleTuesday, 6 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for...
View ArticleTuesday, 6 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 2,29-39.
‘Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an...
View ArticleWednesday, 7 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said,...
View ArticleWednesday, 7 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 2,40-47.
He testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand...
View ArticleThursday, 8 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for...
View ArticleThursday, 8 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 3,1-10.
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of...
View ArticleFriday, 9 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the...
View ArticleFriday, 9 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 3,11-21.
While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s Portico, utterly astonished. When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, ‘You Israelites, why do...
View ArticleSaturday, 10 June 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, "I am going away,...
View ArticleSaturday, 10 June 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 3,22-26.4,1-4.
Moses said, "The Lord your God will raise up for you from your own people a prophet like me. You must listen to whatever he tells you. And it will be that everyone who does not listen to that prophet...
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