Scripture Reflections for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

"In this week's reading from the Acts of the Apostles we see how the Good News has spread from its origin in Jerusalem and has now reached the coast of..."

"God is love' (1 John 4.8): this verse must be the most quoted in the New Testament. Pope Benedict XVI took it as the theme of his first encyclical, Deus..."

"Same say that public speaking is an art of keeping a distance from one’s listeners. A good orator, like a trained fencer, is able to close the distance or widen..."

"Today’s Gospel presents the distinction between a generic spirituality, which emphasizes our decision for God, and authentic Christian faith, which is the recognition that God has chosen us in Christ...."

"We are often mistaken in thinking that we have to love God in order for God to love us. That’s not the case. God doesn’t need our love; his love..."

"Apart from the persecution that later engulfed the early Christians, another challenge they had at the beginning was the internal struggle. It was difficult for Christians of Jewish background to..."

"We are approaching the end of the Easter season and the great feast of Pentecost, and already the sound of the mighty wind that will descend on the apostles like..."

"It is with these telling words that Pope Francis begins his Apostolic Exhortation 'The Joy of the Gospel': “Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and..."

"Jesus was Jewish. Peter, John, the apostles, Mary and Joseph were all Jewish. As Christians we sometimes forget this. We have just kept the feast of St.Joseph. The main emphasis..."

"Today's gospel reading is an excerpt from what St John tells us that Jesus said to his disciples just before he went out into the night to be arrested and..."

"Friends, with these fabulous readings for the sixth Sunday of Easter, we discover an embarrassment of riches through the exploration of God’s care and concern for us. In this sermon,..."