Saturday - May 27, 2017
Do something good
for someone you like least, today!
~~ St. Anthony of Padua
TODAY'S READINGS
May 27, 2017
Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Lectionary: 296
Reading 1ACTS 18:23-28
After staying in Antioch some time,Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence
through the Galatian country and Phrygia,
bringing strength to all the disciples.
A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria,
an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus.
He was an authority on the Scriptures.
He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and,
with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus,
although he knew only the baptism of John.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue;
but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him,
they took him aside
and explained to him the Way of God more accurately.
And when he wanted to cross to Achaia,
the brothers encouraged him
and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him.
After his arrival he gave great assistance
to those who had come to believe through grace.
He vigorously refuted the Jews in public,
establishing from the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus.
Responsorial PsalmPS 47:2-3, 8-9, 10
R. (8a) God is king of all the earth.or:
R. Alleluia.
All you peoples, clap your hands;
shout to God with cries of gladness.
For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome,
is the great king over all the earth.
R. God is king of all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.For king of all the earth is God;
sing hymns of praise.
God reigns over the nations,
God sits upon his holy throne.
R. God is king of all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For God's are the guardians of the earth;
he is supreme.
R. God is king of all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
AlleluiaJN 16:28
R. Alleluia, alleluia.I came from the Father and have come into the world;
now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GospelJN 16:23B-28
Jesus said to his disciples:"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name;
ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
"I have told you this in figures of speech.
The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures
but I will tell you clearly about the Father.
On that day you will ask in my name,
and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me
and have come to believe that I came from God.
I came from the Father and have come into the world.
Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
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Trust in the power of God who cares
To evangelize non-believers in today's world, with its escalating relativism and immorality, we have to rely heavily on the Holy Spirit. It is only the Holy Spirit who can change hearts and minds. But how do we get people to pay attention to the Holy Spirit? Throughout the Book of Acts, we see how the early Christians did it: They were very active in their prayer lives, with praise, worship and teachings in gatherings of Spirit-filled church communities. So much so that miracles happened frequently. The supernatural manifestations of the Holy Spirit got people's attention.
This still happens today. There is no greater longing we can have than to give homage and glory to God even though he does not need it from us. In practical terms, it is to desire becoming more and more pleasing to God, submitting our wills to his divine will in everything.
As a disciple of Jesus, our aim is to become one with him as closely as he is one with his Father. We will accept it in whatever form it may come in the joys and sorrows of life, for he will bring good even out of evil as he did for his Divine Son's passion and death.
Does God care? Having established our only desire to please God in all things, we will then trust that he can only give us good things. He promised he would care for us and provide for all our needs; he tells us in Luke chapter 12 not to be anxious about what we are to eat or what we are to wear. He takes care of the birds of the air and the lilies of the field; how much more will he care for us when we trust him.
So let us not be afraid or worry about tomorrow.
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God Bless You.....
The mother of Jesus promised St. Dominic that, “one day through the rosary & the scapular I shall save the world!”
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