"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
There is something deeply beautiful in this response: “I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord.” It is the voice of someone who has looked back over life and seen that, beneath everything else, God has been faithful. Not just once. Not only in the easy seasons. But again and again. The word mercies … Read more
This Gospel comes to us just after one of the most striking moments in the life of Christ: the Master has bent down to wash the feet of His disciples. The One through whom all things were made has taken the place of a servant. And then, having done this, He speaks words that go … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Thursday, April 30th 2026 FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER FIRST READING Of David’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus. A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (ACTS 13: 13 – 25) Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left … Read more