CATHOLIC MASS: Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter 5.19.15 – Video, Scripture, Links

Priests Lifting Host and Chalice at Altar

“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘When the Advocate comes Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify to Me. … you also testify, because you have been …

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CATHOLIC MASS: Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter 5.12.15 – Video, Scripture, Links

Bishop Holding Host Aloft During Mass

“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘When the Advocate comes Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify to Me. … you also testify, because you have been …

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Jesus is the Vine, We are the Branches: Pope Francis on the Gospel of John

Pope Francis, during his Regina Coeli address on the Fifth Sunday of Easter,  preached on the Gospel from Mass, from Jesus’ Last Supper Discourses in the Gospel of John. Jesus is the Vine, and we …

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CATHOLIC MASS: Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter 5.5.15 – Video, Scripture, Links

Historic Bible

“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘Peace I leave with you; My Peace I give to you. … Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. … the world must know that I love the Father and that I …

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CATHOLIC MASS: Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter 5.4.15 – Video, Scripture, Links

Bishop Holding Host Aloft During Mass

“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘Whoever has My Commandments and observes them is the one who loves Me.  Whoever loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I will love Him and reveal Myself to Him.’ …

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FAITHLINK News.va: Pope Francis Bear the Fruits of Membership in Christ and the Church

Pope Francis file photo

… “Jesus is the vine,” Pope Francis continued, “and through Him, the very love of God passes” to us “the branches”: “The branches are not self-sufficient, but depend totally on the vine, in which is …

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FAITHLINK DailyGospel.org: “Bearing Fruit in Abundance,” Commentary by Saint Bernard (1091-1153), Cistercian Monk and Doctor of the Church

I must warn each of you about his vine: for who has never cut back everything that is superfluous in himself to the point of thinking that there is nothing more to cut? Believe me, …

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FAITHLINK DailyGospel.org: “A Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life for the sheep” – Saint Anthony of Padua Gospel Commentary

Historic Etching of Jesus the Good Shepherd, adapted from image at loc.gov

“I am the good shepherd”. The word “shepherd” comes from the word “to pasture”. Christ pastures us each day on his body and blood in the sacrament of the altar. Jesse, David’s father, said to …

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