Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67:2-3,5, 6,8; Jn 12:44-50: Nations are glad and exult when they fear the LORD; all peoples are glad and exult when they
May 15, 2019
Acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67:2-3,5, 6,8; Jn 12:44-50: Nations are glad and exult when they fear the LORD; all peoples are glad and exult when they
In the summer of 2017, Heart to Heart reported on the efforts of Father Thaddeus Rettger, O.S.B., and a group of volunteers from Saint Bernard
Acts 1:15-17,20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17: The Risen Lord Jesus gives Saint Matthias a seat among the Eleven; the seat vacated by Judas must be
Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2,3;43:3,4; Jn 10:1-10: If not now, when? “When shall I go and behold the face of God?” We have such a great hunger.
Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116: 12-17; Jn 6:60-69: We continue to offer a thanksgiving sacrifice and call upon the name of the Lord because of all
Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59: As the Psalm proclaims the LORD has been steadfast in his kindness, and his fidelity endures forever. The
Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8,9,16,17,20; Jn 6:44-51: The Psalm addresses all who fear God and you peoples. Everyone who can hear is an audience for this Psalm
Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a,4-7a; Jn 6:35-40: The People of God are the heralds of his tremendous deeds. All people on earth are welcome to
Five retreats will be offered this summer as part of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Summer Retreat Program. All are three-day retreats beginning with the first
Acts 7:51-8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4,6,7b,8a,17,21ab; Jn 6:30-35: Everyone who follows Jesus picks up his cross everyday. Everyone who follows Jesus prays this prayer of Jesus from the
Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119: 23-24;26-27;29-30; Jn 6:22-29: From generations past Wisdom moved the Israelites to devote themselves to meditation upon the Torah. To continue to believe
Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1,2,4,5,18,19; Jn 6:16-21: Neither famine nor death causes fear in the heart of those who hope for the Lord’s kindness. For those
1Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-5; Jn 14:6-14: If their voice, the voice of the apostles, the voice of Philip and James is to resound to the
Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2,9,17-20; Jn 3:31-36: When we are broken-hearted, the LORD is close to us. When we are crushed in spirit, the LORD saves
Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21: The LORD saves us from all our distress. When we are truly poor he hears our cries, our groans,
The first English translation of a longstanding history of Saint Vincent founder Archabbot Boniface Wimmer , O.S.B.,—Boniface Wimmer: Abbot of Saint Vincent in Pennsylvania—has been
Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2,5; Jn 3:7b-15: What appears to the world as just bloody violence—the lifting up of Jesus on the cross—is for the eyes
Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-4-7a, 7b-9; Jn 3:1-8 One of the functions of humor is derision. People make jokes about others to “put them in their
Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1,14-21; Mk 16: 9-15 Wouldn’t it make more sense to hear today’s Gospel first and then the reading from Acts? The future
Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1,2,4,22-27; Jn 21:1-14 Sometimes people exercise power simply because they can. Sometimes people exercise power simply to serve others. Sometimes people exercise