by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
#Catholic #TV #Mass for Saturday (Morning and Midday/Early Afternoon) of the Third Week of Easter, May 6, 2017, from Our Lady of Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… there was a disciple named Tabitha
… completely occupied with good deeds and almsgiving.
… she fell sick and died …
… Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed.
… turned to her body and said, ‘Tabitha, rise up.’
She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.
He gave her his hand and raised her up,
and when he had called the holy ones and the widows,
he presented her alive.
This became known all over Joppa,
and many came to believe in the Lord.”
“… Jesus said to them,
‘Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood,
you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood
has Eternal Life,
and I will raise him on the last day.
For My Flesh is True Food,
and My Blood is True Drink.
Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood
remains in Me and I in Him.
Just as the Living Father sent Me
and I have Life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on Me will have Life because of Me.
This is the Bread that came down from Heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this Bread will Live forever.’ …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for Thursday of the Third Week of Easter, May 4, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“Jesus said …
* * *
I am the Bread of Life.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;
this is the bread that comes down from heaven
so that one may eat it and not die.
I am the Living Bread that came down from Heaven;
whoever eats this Bread will live forever;
and the Bread that I will give
is my Flesh for the life of the world.'”
“Jesus said to Thomas, ‘I am the Way and the Truth and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
If you know Me, then you will also know my Father.
From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.’
… The Words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own.
The Father who dwells in Me is doing His Works.
Believe Me that I AM in the Father and the Father is in Me,
or else, believe because of the Works themselves.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in Me will do the Works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I AM going to the Father.
And whatever you ask in My Name, I will do,
so that the Father may be Glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything of Me in My Name, I will do it.'”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… #Jesus said to them, ‘I AM the Bread of Life;
whoever comes to Me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.”
“1. ‘Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife’ (cf. Mt 1 :24).
Inspired by the Gospel, the Fathers of the Church from the earliest centuries stressed that just as St. Joseph took loving care of Mary and gladly dedicated himself to Jesus Christ’s upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects Christ’s Mystical Body, that is, the Church, of which the Virgin Mary is the exemplar and model.
… I wish to offer for your consideration … some reflections concerning him ‘into whose custody God entrusted his most precious treasures.'[] I gladly fulfill this pastoral duty so that all may grow in devotion to the Patron of the Universal Church and in love for the Savior whom he served in such an exemplary manner.
In this way the whole Christian people not only will turn to St. Joseph with greater fervor and invoke his patronage with trust, but also will always keep before their eyes his humble, mature way of serving and of ‘taking part’ in the plan of salvation.[]
I am convinced that by reflection upon the way that Mary’s spouse shared in the divine mystery, the Church – on the road towards the future with all of humanity – will be enabled to discover ever anew her own identity within this redemptive plan, which is founded on the mystery of the Incarnation.
This is precisely the mystery in which Joseph of Nazareth ‘shared’ like no other human being except Mary, the Mother of the Incarnate Word. He shared in it with her; he was involved in the same salvific event; he was the guardian of the same love, through the power of which the eternal Father ‘destined us to be his sons through Jesus Christ (Eph 1:5). …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for Monday of the Third Week of Easter, Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]