First Reading Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47
The first community of Christians grows as its members meet to pray and break bread.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24
God’s love is everlasting.
Second Reading 1 Peter 1:3-9
We have new hope because of Jesus’ Resurrection.
Gospel Reading
John 20:19-31
When Jesus appeared on Sunday Thomas was not with the twelve. Some suggests that he was seeking Jesus alone while Jesus was with the assembly of his followers. That could be the Evangelist's way of telling the reader that encounter with the Risen Lord is something that happens not so much in the privacy of the individuals religious initiative and practise as much as in the fellowship with the community of believers, that is the Church. Do we have to look far to see such Thomases in our society today, men and women who deep down in their hearts seek the risen Lord, but who seek him outside the worshipping and believing community? They try to draw near to God by engaging in all sorts of self-imposed devotional exercises. Religion, they say, is personal, and they are right. But religion is also communitarian, and this they need to learn just as Thomas did.
December 25 : Christmas Day - God had visited us
December 22 : Fourth Sunday in Advent: Joseph, the just man
December 15 : Third Sunday of Advent - Rejoice
Dec 8 : Second Sunday in Advent - A voice crying in the wilderness
Dec 1 : First Sunday in Advent: Be awake and be Prepared
November 24 : Solemnity of Christ the King - Thy kingdom come!
November 17 : Thirty Thired Sunday Ordinary Time - 'Jesus left the Temple and departed from it’ (Mt 24:1)
November 10 : Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Heaven is our Home
November 3 : Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Zacchaeus’ Transformation
October 27 : Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Prayer of the Humble Man
Oct 20 : Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Persistent Widow
October 13 : Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Give thanks with a grateful heart
October 6th: Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Faith as a mustered seed
September 29 : Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Who is the Lazarus in my life?
September 22 : Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time -The parable of the Unjust Steward
September 15th : Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Joyful Finding
September 8 : Twenty Thired Sunday in Ordinary Time – Hating our own life
September 1 : Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Take the Lower Place
August 25th: Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C – Enter through the narrow Gate
August 18 : Twentith Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C – Fire upon the Earth
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