by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
#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. …”
“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. …”
“Jesus said to His Disciples:
‘If you know Me, then you will also know My Father.
From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.’
… ‘… 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. …’
… 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.”
“#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? …'”
“When #Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, He said to them:
‘Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
… Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives Me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent Me.”
“#Jesus cried out and said,
‘Whoever believes in Me believes not only in Me
but also in the One who sent Me,
and whoever sees Me sees the one who sent Me.
I came into the world as Light,
so that everyone who believes in Me might not remain in darkness.
… I did not Speak on My Own,
but the Father who Sent Me Commanded Me what to Say and Speak.
And I know that His Commandment is Eternal Life.
… what I say, I say as the Father Told Me.”
“… Jesus answered … “… My Sheep hear My Voice;
I know them, and they follow Me.
I give them Eternal Life, and they shall never perish.
No one can take them out of My Hand.
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all,
and no one can take them out of the Father’s Hand.
The Father and I are one.'”