'Tis the Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter (Latin: Pascha, meaning "Passover"): Pascha-link & Wikipedia-link Paschaltide.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter five, verses seventeen thru twenty-six;
Psalm Thirty-four (R/. seven[a]; or, "Alleluia"), verses Y;
The Gospel according to John, chapter three, verses sixteen thru twenty-one.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today in the Gospel, Jesus delineates the nature of his mission: “God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”Video reflection by Jem Sullivan,Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Paschal Reflection.
In his passion to set right a disjointed universe, God broke open his own heart in love. The Father sent not simply a representative but his own Son into the dysfunction of the world, so that he might gather that world into the bliss of the divine life. God’s center—the love between the Father and the Son—is now offered as our center; God’s heart breaks open so as to include even the worst and most hopeless among us.
In so many spiritual traditions, the emphasis is placed on the human quest for God. But this is reversed in Christianity. Christians do not believe that God is dumbly “out there,” like a mountain waiting to be climbed by various religious searchers. On the contrary, God, like the hound of heaven in Francis Thompson’s poem, comes relentlessly searching after us.
Because of this questing and self-emptying divine love, we become friends of God, sharers in the communion of the Trinity
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Paschal Reflection.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Benedict XVI (b. 1936, r. 2005-2013)
"Do not be afraid of the demands of the love of Christ. On the contrary, be afraid of being fainthearted, of taking things lightly, of seeking comfort, of being selfish. Be afraid of everythng that seeks to silence the voice of Christ Who addresses each person."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"If you are really humble, if you realize how small you are & how much you need God, then you cannot fail."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"A smile is laughter's whisper & has its roots in the soul."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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