Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Acts 15:1-6; Jn 15:1-8 Today’s Gospel highlights our oneness with Jesus as something integral for fruitfulness. Jesus makes use of the metaphor of the vine and branches to indicate the relationship between himself, the Father, and his disciples. The Gospel text is dominated by three words: vinedresser, vine, and branches. Each […]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Acts 14:19-28; Jn 14:27-31a Today’s Gospel highlights the meaning of peace that Jesus promises his disciples. However, the promise of Jesus carries a clarification. The peace of Christ is not the same as worldly peace. It is different. Followed by this clarification, Jesus also utters words of comfort to strengthen them
Monday, May 19, 2025 Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26 Today’s Gospel highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in helping us discern the inseparable link between loving Jesus and obeying his commands. Within the farewell discourse, Jesus underlines the help of the Holy Spirit toward an actionable faith. In this regard, we find words like ‘keep’
