by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
Catholic TV Mass for Friday in the Octave of Easter, April 21, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“Jesus revealed Himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. …
… He said to them, ‘Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and you will find something.’
So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’
… This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to His Disciples
after being raised from the dead.”
Catholic TV Mass for Thursday in the Octave of Easter, April 20, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… [Jesus] stood in their midst and said to them,
‘Peace be with you.’
… Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones
as you can see I have.’
And as he said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet. …
‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that everything written about Me in the law of Moses
and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.’ …”
“… We recognize the risen Christ when: Jesus opens our ‘minds to the understanding of the Scriptures,’ Jesus breaks bread with us (Lk 24:35), that is, gives Himself to us in Holy Communion, we receive the Holy Spirit in a new Pentecost, and we witness for Jesus (see Acts 1:8; Lk 24:48). …”
“‘He stood in their midst and said to them: ‘Peace be with you”‘ More than ever before we need to hear these words of the Risen Christ: ‘Fear not!’ (Mt 28:10). For people today, who never cease being afraid in their inmost selves and not without reason, it is a necessity… It is an equal necessity for all peoples and nations throughout the world. In the conscience of every human being what is needed is that there should be strengthened the certainty that Someone exists who holds the fate of this passing world in his hands, Someone who undoes the keys of death and hell (Rev 1:18), Someone who is the Alpha and Omega of human history (Rev 22:13) whether this be personal or collective; and, above all, the certainty that this Someone is Love, Love made man, Love crucified and risen, Love unceasingly present in our midst! He is Eucharistic Love. He is the unquenchable source of communion. He is the only one we can unhesitatingly believe when he asks us to ‘Fear not!'”
“… two of Jesus’ Disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
… Jesus Himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.
… beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
He interpreted to them what referred to Him
in all the Scriptures.
… And it happened that, while He was with them at table,
He took bread, said the Blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized Him,
… they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
‘The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!’
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”
“… the Lord appeared to two disciples while they were walking on the road. They were talking about him, even though they did not believe. He did not show them an appearance which they could recognize, but the Lord behaved before the eyes of their bodies in accord with what was going on inwardly before the eyes of their hearts. … They set the table, brought food, and recognized in the breaking of the bread the God they did not know as He explained the Sacred Scriptures. They were not enlightened by hearing God’s commandments, but by putting them into practice.”
Catholic TV Mass for Wednesday in the Octave of Easter, April 19, 2017, from Our Lady of Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“Pope Benedict XVI describes the Resurrection of Jesus as an ‘evolutionary leap’ in which a new dimension of human existence emerges. This new dimension ‘affects all of us and opens up for us a new space of life, a new space of being in union with God.’ That means we’re all capable of undergoing this evolutionary leap. How’s that possible? I’ve heard this new dimension called ‘resurrection-life.’ Jesus founded the Church and instituted the sacraments for the purpose of pouring that same resurrection-life into us. At baptism he gives us our initial influx of it. By baptizing people at the Easter Vigil, the Church is reminding us that, because of our own baptism, we participate in the same divine life that raised Jesus from the dead and that spiritually restores us after the death of sin. …”