Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Acts 20:28-38; Jn 17:11b-19 Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect on Jesus’ prayer for his disciples’ protection, unity, mission, and sanctification in truth. 1. Jesus’ prayer for the protection of his disciples highlights God’s care for humanity. The fact that Christians are ‘in the world without belonging to it’ underscores the […]
Sunday, June 1, 2025 Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Lk 24:46-53 The solemnity of the Ascension celebrates that Jesus, having risen from the dead, now ascends to heaven, returning to the Father in glory. Christ lifted up has entered his heavenly abode and opened heaven for us. Hence, his
Saturday, May 31, 2025 Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zeph 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Lk 1:39-56 The feast of the Visitation invites us to practice humility as the overarching Christian virtue. All the principal characters in today’s Gospel, namely God, Mary, Elizabeth, and John, live out the virtue of humility in
