Thursday 3rd Week of Easter

Living Bread Jn. 6:44-51

When one goes to the grocery store there are all kinds of bread to choose from except one. 

The Bread of Life!

The Bread of Life can only be found at Mass. 

for at Mass the Bread from Heaven comes down to us on the altar;

So that one may eat it and not die. 

This bread is the Flesh of Christ that He give for the life of the world. 

The bread from the grocery store may taste good,

But those who eat of it will surely die. 

While those who eat the Bread of Life,

The Flesh of Christ that He feeds us from this table,

Will live forever. 

Wednesday 3rd Week of Easter

 Persecution Acts 8:1-8

The early Church was based in Jerusalem until there was a persecution. 

Then they fled to the countryside of Judea and Samaria. 

The persecution however had the opposite effect. 

Instead of stamping out the Faith. 

It only planted the Faith in other places. 

Sometimes Peace can lull the Faithful to sleep 

While Persecution can awaken it,

And spread it like seeds on the wind. 

Tuesday 3rd Week of Easter

 Lord, receive my spirit. Acts 8:1

The way in which we die is different for everyone. 

The time we go is different as well for everyone. 

Death is a totally unique and personal experience. 

But one thing that seems to be common for many,

Is seeing the Light……

This Light is Christ for He is the Light of the world. 

As St. Stephen was being stoned,

The Heavens opened and He saw the Light,

The Son of Man standing at the right had of God,

And he prayed “Lord receive my spirit.”

Like Stephen we can pray,

Every night, before I sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep. 

If I should die before I wake

I pray the Lord my soul to take. 

Monday 3rd Week of Easter

Religious arguing. Acts. 6:8-15

Nothing gets people going more than a good religious or political argument. 

Both sides are trying to prove the other wrong. 

The Sanhedrin hauled Stephen into court and put him on trial. 

Rather than respond, Stephen remained silent with the face of an angel. 

Sometimes silence is the best response,

Especially when the other side has no intention of listening!

Third Sunday of Easter

Walking with Jesus  Lk.  24:13-35

Where are you going today?

Work?

Home?

An Errand?

Visiting someone?

Or just A Walk?

Will  you see the Risen Lord walking next to you?

The disciples on the road to Emmaus did not see Him. Lk. 24:15-16

Yet Jesus was walking right beside them

but they did not notice it was Him. 

But their hearts were burning as they listened to Him. 

It was not until the Breaking Of The Bread that they recognized Him. Lk. 24:30-31

What prevents us from seeing Him?

For the disciples on the road to Emmaus it was their sorrow. 

For others it might be the distractions of life. 

Others might be in too much of a hurry. 

And others might not even be looking for Him

That is why we come to Mass. 

To see Him in the Breaking of the Bread. 

That is why the Eucharist is called “The Real Presence”

For Jesus is really here in a way that he is not Present anywhere else. 

For Mass is where we walk with Jesus like the disciples on the road.

And listen to Him. 

Where we gather around the table of the Lord

And Jesus breaks the Bread. 

Every road therefore should lead us back to here.

For Only then will our hearts burn,

And will we see Him in the Breaking of the Bread. 

Friday Second Week of Easter

Rejoice in Suffering Acts. 5:34-42

The disciples in the book of Acts were beaten, imprisoned  and

Rejected. 

And They rejoiced that they had been found worthy to suffer for the Lord. 

Isn’t that odd?

They found joy in suffering for the Lord!

Not in money or popularly or power but in suffering. 

In the eyes of the world,

The cross represents suffering and death,

But for Christians it is joy and life. 

Thursday second week of Easter

Obedience. Acts. 5:27:33

The Sanhedrin hauled Peter in court and questioned him as to what he believed. 

Peter told the Sanhedrin that they had to obey God rather than men.  

This is easier said than done!

The world tells us many things. 

And if we do not do as we are told there will be serious consequences. 

We will lose our job. 

We will lose our place on the team. 

We will be canceled. 

The world is going to haul us into court;

Into the bar and social media and the street;

The grocery store and work;

 and question us

As to what we believe. 

Are we willing to pay the price

And obey God rather than the world?