Encountering the Word — Your Daily Bible Verses “For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:40) Please share on Facebook and other social media you choose below. Print this entry
Gospel of John
Your Daily Bible Verses — John 6:35
Encountering the Word — Your Daily Bible Verses Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35) Please share on Facebook and other social media you choose below. Print this entry
The Friends of the Paralytic
“They knew they couldn’t heal their friend themselves. But they could bring him to Jesus.” As we jump into Ordinary Time this week, the Gospel readings at daily Mass don’t lose any time moving through the extraordinary works of Jesus’ public ministry. This is because Ordinary Time always begins with Mark’s Gospel, and Mark doesn’t lose any time with anything. […]
To Whom Should We Go?
This Sunday, we are given a choice. We can stay or we can go. As we finish the Bread of Life discourse, we see the result of the hard teaching that Jesus has been preaching the last few Sundays. “As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him.” […]
Gratitude for John 6
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For a few weeks during Year B, the Sunday lectionary takes a break from the Gospel of Mark to bring us the Bread of Life discourse from the sixth chapter of St. John’s Gospel. Beginning with the multiplication of the loaves and fish, the narrative brings us to the next day, when Jesus is back at his home base in […]
Encountering the Word — John 17:11
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” (John 17:11) Please share on social media. Print this entry
Encountering the Word — John 15:4
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.” (John 15:4) Please share on social media. Print this entry
Encountering the Word — John 15:4
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.” (John 15:4) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — John 17:11
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” (John 17:11) Print this entry