This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, May 7th is from John 14:1-12.
“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going you know the way.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father.’”
Reflection: “Jesus promises his disciples a dwelling place in his Father’s house. When asked where they can find this place, he tells the disciples that he is the way. Then he asserts that he is in the Father and the Father is in him. The destination, therefore, is already found in the journey. As Jesus prepares a dwelling place for us in God, he also prepares in us a dwelling place for God.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Summer 2023
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105
Monday Acts 14:5-18; John 14:21-26
Tuesday Acts 14:19-28; John 14:27-31a
Wednesday Acts 15:1-6; John 15:1-8
Thursday Acts 15:7-21; John 15:9-11
Friday Acts 15:22-31; John 15:12-17
Saturday Acts 16:1-10; John 15:18-21
“Jesus said . . . ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.’” John 14:6