Category: Daily Reflections
” ‘Peace’ is My farewell to you, My peace is My gift to you.” –John 14:27 Mass Readings: May 16 First: Acts 14:19-28;Resp: Psalm 145:10-13,21; Gospel: John 14:27-31 Listen to the Mass Readings In Jesus’ last will and testament, He left His disciples the gift of shalom-peace. This means He left us a godly order and harmony in our lives. Jesus’ Church is the executor of His will in that He has given it the responsibility of spelling out the details of shalom-peace. If we accept our inheritance from the Lord and listen to His Church, we will have a...
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“The Holy Spirit Whom the Father will send in My name will instruct you in everything.” –John 14:26 Mass Readings: May 15 First: Acts 14:5-18; Resp: Psalm 115:1-4,15-16;Gospel: John 14:21-26 Listen to the Mass Readings As Jesus is a Paraclete and Teacher (see Jn 20:16), so the Holy Spirit is “another Paraclete” (Jn 14:16) and another Teacher (Jn 14:26). The right attitude to have towards a teacher is to be teachable, that is, docile. Pope St. John Paul II has taught that the Holy Spirit is “received by the humble and docile heart of the believer” (Splendor of the Truth,...
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“This will permit us to concentrate on prayer and the ministry of the word.” –Acts 6:4 There is no chaining the Word of God (2 Tm 2:9), but the messengers of God’s Word can be chained. We are often chained through sin, selfishness, or fear. However, we can be chained in more subtle ways. For example, the devil tried to chain the apostles by making them think they needed to cut back temporarily on prayer and the ministry of the Word to deal with a disagreement in the early Church (Acts 6:2ff). He tempted them by encouraging them to do...
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“The word of the Lord was carried throughout that area.” –Acts 13:49 Mass Readings: May 13 First: Acts 13:44-52; Resp:Psalm 98:1-4; Gospel:John 14:7-14 Listen to the Mass Readings The Word of the Lord is being carried at this moment throughout your area and throughout the world. However, if there is unrepentant sin in your life, you will be manipulated into rejecting and opposing God’s Word (see Acts 13:45-46). But if you repent, you will believe in God’s Word, delight in it, and respond to it with praise (Acts 13:48). This may result in your being persecuted by those who reject...
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“These are His witnesses now before the people.” –Acts 13:31 Mass Readings: May 12 First: Acts 13:26-33;Resp: Psalm 2:6-11;Gospel: John 14:1-6 Listen to the Mass Readings Throughout Acts of the Apostles, the Lord repeatedly commands us to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8; 2:32; 3:15; 10:39; 13:31). Now that we are more than halfway through the Easter season, it is appropriate to ask ourselves whether we have obeyed the Lord’s command to be His witnesses. Hopefully, we have done this throughout our Christian lives and even more intensely in this Easter season. If you were subpoenaed as a witness by a...
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