Today’s Readings – Sunday of Week 5 of Easter (Year C)

Commentary on Acts 14:21-27; Revelation 21:1-5; John 13:31-33,34-35

Easter is the time when we both remember and celebrate the new life which has come to us through our Risen Lord. What do we mean by this ‘new life’? Can you say that you have experienced ‘new life’ this Easter or, for that matter, in any previous Easter? Are you aware of becoming changed in any way—for the better—over the years? Or has the Easter experience simply passed you by?

The word ’new’ appears several times in today’s readings. The passage from Revelation speaks of a “new heaven", a “new earth” and a “new Jerusalem". Jesus in the Gospel speaks of a “new commandment". What’s supposed to be ’new’?

A new life in Christ, of course, i … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saturday of Week 4 of Easter - First Reading

Commentary on Acts 13:44-52

We are still with Paul and Barnabas in Asia Minor, where they are proclaiming the message about Jesus as Lord in Pisidian Antioch.  They now have the whole city coming to hear them speak the word of God.  But they now have also incurred the jealousy of some … Continue