Category: Daily Promises

“The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” –John 10:11 Mass Readings: May 8 First: Acts 11:1-18; Resp: Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3-4;Gospel: John 10:11-18 Listen to the Mass Readings Jesus, the Good Shepherd, came that we “might have life more abundantly” (see Jn 10:10, RNAB). Paradoxically, life is given through death (see Jn 12:24). To give life to His sheep, Jesus the Good Shepherd laid down His life for His sheep (Jn 10:11, 15, 17). “There is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s life” (Jn 15:13). “It is rare that anyone should lay down his life...

“There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years. Peter said to him, ‘Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you! Get up and make your bed.’ The man got up at once.” –Acts 9:33-34 Mass Readings: May 6 First: Acts 9:31-42; Resp: Psalm 116:12-17;Gospel: John 6:60-69 Listen to the Mass Readings The first healing by the newborn Church recorded in Acts of the Apostles was the healing of the man born lame (Acts 3:1ff). Later, Peter healed “Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years” (Acts 9:33). Paul also healed a man lame...

“The Lord said to him: ‘You must go! This man is the instrument I have chosen to bring My name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. I Myself shall indicate to him how much he will have to suffer for My name.’” –Acts 9:15-16 Mass Readings: May 5 First: Acts 9:1-20; Resp: Psalm 117:1-2; Gospel: John 6:52-59 Listen to the Mass Readings The Lord converted Saul of Tarsus by: grace (see Eph 2:8), the martyrdom of St. Stephen (Acts 7:60–8:1), the redemptive suffering of the early Church (Acts 8:1, 3; 9:4), the prayers of...