May 4, 2024 Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter

OT means ordinary time. Today’s gospel is of the paralytic being lowered down through the ceiling to Jesus because it was so crowded at the door. What friends he had to find a way to get healing for this man. What faith they had! Jesus says that his sins are forgiven. I struggle with that…

Today’s first reading is from prophet Isaiah, God says he will create a new heaven and a new earth. Is he talking about Jesus? In the gospel, Jesus leaves his hometown and returns to the town where he turned water into wine. He performs another miracle of healing a man’s son with just his words….

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102924.cfm In today’s first reading, Paul tells the Ephesians how to love. He said wives, be subordinate to your husband. Husbands, love your wife as Christ loved the Church, willing to die for her. This reading is often chosen for weddings because Paul quotes the Old Testament to say that a man must leave his…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090324.cfm Today’s first reading is Paul trying to explain the spirit of God that we must have within us. We should not be led by the things of this world, but by the Holy Spirit. Amen! In the gospel, a demon has hold of a person in the temple where Jesus is speaking. Jesus rebuked…

OT means ordinary time. David dies in today’s first reading. Solomon becomes King. In the gospel, Jesus sends out the twelve with authority to preach the gospel and heal others. This is the beginning of the church. He wants every one of us to go out and share the gospel with others. This is my…

Today’s first reading is a foretelling of Mary’s birth to Jesus. In the second reading, Paul explained that animal sacrifices were no longer needed since we had the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus’ body for our sins. In the gospel, the story of the angel appearing to Mary telling her that she will have a son,…