Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 14:7-14
… Read the restIf you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
The Father’s Face
Word and Eternal Life
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 12:44-50
… Read the restJesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
Bread of Shalom
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:44-51
… Read the restThe Jews murmured about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,” and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?
Bread from Heaven
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:30-35
… Read the restSo they said to him, “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Water and Spirit
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:7-15
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked Jesus (John 3:9). How can a person be “born of the Spirit?”
The youthful Mary had also asked the angel Gabriel, “How can this be?”… Read the rest
Born of God
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:1-8
In the dark of night, Nicodemus secretly sought out Jesus to obtain the light of truth.… Read the rest
Peter’s New Wings
Thursday within the Octave of Easter
Acts 3:11-26; Luke 24:35-48
Lit by tongues of fire,
Deniers and deserters
Set the world afire.
Like a caterpillar morphed into a butterfly, the apostle Peter flew boldly into the light and witnessed to astonished crowds about Christ’s death and resurrection.… Read the rest
Two Angels and a Sword
Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
John 20:11-18
“Woman, why are you weeping?”
Two angels and the Lord Jesus Christ asked the same question in a garden. The scene recalls the first garden at the moment of exile: two angels, a fiery revolving sword guarding the way to the tree of life, and a weeping Eve (Genesis 3:24).… Read the rest
Rose of Sharon, Day 4
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The Hebrew word for Spirit (ruach) in Genesis 1:2 is feminine.
St. Ephrem the Syrian writes:
… Read the rest[The Holy Spirit] warmed the waters with a kind of vital warmth, even bringing them to a boil through intense heat in order to make them fertile.
God Made All Things Good
5th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year I)
Genesis 1:20—2:4a; Mark 7:1-13
… Read the restThen God said: Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal.