Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Year B, First Reading (Acts 22:30, 23:6-11)

30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews. So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them… 6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees,

Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Year B, First Reading (Acts 19:1-8)

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. 4 Paul

Seventh Sunday, Year B, Second Reading (1 John 4:11-16)

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we

Ascension Thursday, Year B, 2nd Reading (Ephesians 1:17-23)

You can find a commentary on the first reading here https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2022/05/24/ascension-day-1st-reading-acts-11-11/ and on the gospel here: https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2021/05/11/gospel-for-ascension-thursday-mark-1615-20/  17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B, Gospel Commentary (John 15:9-17)

You can find the first reading for this Sunday here https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2021/05/07/1st-reading-6th-sunday-of-easter-year-b-acts-1025-26-34-35-44-48/ 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B, Second Reading (1 John 4:7-10)

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B, Gospel Commentary (John 15:1-8)

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B, First Reading (Acts 9:26-31)

26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in

Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy) Year B, Second Reading (1 John 5:1-6)

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of

Divine Mercy Sunday, Year B, First Reading (Acts 4:32-35)

32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them.