Believe because of the works themselves.

4TH WEEK OF EASTER Believe because of the works themselves. Speaking at the Last Supper, Jesus urged his disciples to believe that to see him was to see his Father (John 14:9). Even if you don’t believe because I have just told you that I am in the Father, he said, at...

. . . Mark, my son

SAINT MARK, EVANGELIST (FEAST) . . . Mark, my son. A disciple named “Mark” or “John Mark” is mentioned various times in the New Testament, both by Peter and Paul. Since the name was quite common, scholars aren’t quite sure whether all the passages refer to the same...

Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.

SAINT FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me. You have probably heard someone say, “There’s more to him than meets the eye.” Perhaps you assume someone at the hospital is a medical student but discover...

What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.

4TH WEEK OF EASTER What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.  In today’s first reading, Peter explains a vision that at first confused him—God seemed to be telling him to eat unclean foods. But Peter tells James and the other leaders of the Church that he...

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