May 16 - Saturday of the 6th Week of Easter
(Acts 18:23-28; Ps.47:2-3,8-10; Jn.16:23-28) “He went about establishing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.” In our gospel today, Jesus again assures the disciples, “Whatever you ask the Father, He will give you in my name,” He tells them of the time when He will no longer speak to them “in veiled language,” but “shall tell [them] about the Father in plain speech.” A most fascinating quote is His statement, “I do not say that I will petition the Father for you.” So great is our oneness with Jesus because we “have believed that [He] came from God,” that now as He returns to the…
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