"STAY WITH US, LORD" (Luke 24:29)

1st Reading          Deut. 4:32-34, 39-40 Psalm                    33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 2nd Reading        Romans 8:14-17 Gospel                  Matthew 28: 16-20           DIFFERENCES ARE NEVER THREATS Dear friends, we ended the season of Easter with Pentecost Sunday. We continue with the second part of Ordinary Time. Interestingly, the first Sunday in this second part is the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. This Solemnity stands at the core of Christianity as it tells us the nature of God and what we can learn from the Trinity to aid us to flourish in living our call to holiness in Ordinary Time, having been redeemed from sin and death at Easter. As well, today is also the last Sunday of May, and we thank God for his providence, and we entrust ourselves to the maternal embrace and patronage of Mary, whose intercession ...

1st Reading            Acts 10: 25-26. 34-35. 44-48 Psalm                       98: 1 .2 -3ab. 3cd-4 (R. cf. 2) 2nd Reading         1 John 4: 7-10 Gospel                    John 15: 9-17 LOVE MUST PROMOTE LIFE. Brothers and Sisters, we launch into the 6th Week of Easter, with its Sunday being the first Sunday of May. Familiar to many Catholics and non-Catholics alike, May is a month dedicated to the praying of the Holy Rosary. The first thing we have to start thinking about is how to make the best out of the month with the praying of the Rosary so that we grow in our spiritual life. In May, let us strive to seek Mary's maternal aid as we so desire to become more and more conformed to Christ's image. In talking about growing in the spiritual life, which also affects every aspect of our lives, the Gospel passage for this Sunday (Jn. 15:...