Acts 12: 24 – 13. 5Psalm 67John 12: 44 – 50The words in today’s Gospel are from the section of John’s Gospel that describes Jesus’ arrival inJerusalem. He had come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. In the preceding verses, Jesus waspreparing his disciples for...
Acts 11: 19 – 26Psalm 87John 10: 23 – 30The setting for today’s Gospel is the Temple. Jesus is in the Portico of Solomon and several Jewsgathered around him and asked: “How long will you keep us in suspense? Tell us who you are!Are you the Christ?” They desperately...
This title honouring Mary appears early in Christian history, in return for financial assistance inrenovating the church of Saint Mary Major in Rome, Pope Sixtus III (432 – 440) granted land tothe people of Genazzano. Italy. Eventually, a church consecrated to Our...
ReadingsFirst Reading: Acts 9: 26 – 31Psalm: 22Second Reading 1 John 3: 18 – 24Gospel John 15: 1 – 8 At the time of Jesus, despite the message of the prophets, God was still understood as essentially remote from the people. God could be found somewhere in the thunder...
