by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Jesus is the way. Indeed he is a two way street. In him, God comes to meet us, holding back, offering everything of who he is and what he has. Through Him and Him alone, we have access to God to such a degree that we can now call him Abba, Father. …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“‘I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life.’ The way is humility, which leads to truth. Humility is sorrow; truth is the fruit of sorrow. You will say: How do I know that [#Jesus] is talking about humility, since he just says: ‘I am the way’? He himself gives you the answer when he adds: ‘Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.’ (Mt 11:29) He thus offers Himself as an example of humility and gentleness. If you imitate him, you will not walk in darkness, but you will have the light of life (Jn 8:12). What is the light of life other than the truth? It enlightens everyone who comes into this world (Jn 1:9); it shows him/her the right way …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“By His resurrection, Jesus has brought us from death to life. He has snatched us from this present evil age (Gal 1:4) and from the death-directed desires of our body (Rom 6:12), and made us into a new and living creation (2 Cor 5:17). As such, we have exchanged the tombstones that once indicated we were dead in our sins and have become living stones in the spiritual edifice that is the Body of Christ and also the Church. …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin [Click here for Mass Readings]
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“Standing before the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Francis canonized two shepherd children who saw Mary at Fatima … more importantly, he said, they heeded the call to pray for sinners and trust in the Lord. ‘We declare and define Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto as saints,’ … The Marian apparitions began May 13, 1917, when 9-year-old Francisco and 7-year-old Jacinta, along with their 10-year-old cousin Lucia dos Santos, reported seeing the Virgin Mary. The apparitions continued once a month until Oct. 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the Catholic Church. …”
“Jesus said to His Disciples:
‘Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in Me.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
… Do you not believe that I AM in the Father and the Father is in Me?
The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. …'”
“… In the year 1917, in a mountainous region at the center of Portugal, the Mother of God appeared six times to three young children. Elsewhere on the continent the ‘Great War’ raged, that would cost Europe an entire generation, over 37 million lives. Besides sending her own sons to die (in France and North Africa) Portugal was in political chaos at home. …”