Pathways of Hope

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: Jn 15:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its o...

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 Jn 14:27-31a Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this...

MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021 [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: Jn 14:6-14 Jesus said to Thomas, “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. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a ti...

SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: John 15:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its o...

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: Jn 14:7-14 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to Jesus, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Fa...

FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: John 14:1-6 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 tha...

THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: John 13:16-20 When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it. I am not speaking of all of you. I know...

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Wednesday of the 4th Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: John 12:44-50 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me. I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness. And if anyone hears my words and does not observe th...

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021 Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Feast of St Zita [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 10:22-30 22It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; 23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. 24So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25Jesus answer...

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 Monday of the 4th Week of Easter Feast of St Paschasius Radbertus [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 10:1-10 1"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber; 2but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls...

SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Easter The Good Shepherd Sunday World Day of Prayer for Vocations [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 10:11-18 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13He flees...

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2021 Saturday of the 3rd Week of Easter Feast of St Fidelis of Sigmaringen [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: John 6:60-69 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up wher...

FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021 Friday of the 3rd Week of Easter Feast of St George and St Aldalbert [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:52-59 52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54he who eats my fle...

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021 Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter Feast of St Anselm [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:35-40 35Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not...

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021 Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Easter Feast of St Sulpicius [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:30-35 30So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform? 31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, `He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to...

MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 Monday of the 3rd Week of Easter Feast of St Alphege [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:22-29 22On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23However, boats from Tiber'i-as came near the place where they at...

SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 3rd Sunday of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: LUKE 24:35-48 35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. 36As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. 37But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. 38And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings r...

SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021 Saturday of the 2nd Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:16-21 16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Caper'na-um. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing. 19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the s...

FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021 Friday of the 2nd Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 6:1-15 1After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber'i-as. 2And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased. 3Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews,...

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 Thursday of the 2nd Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 3:31-36 31He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks; he who comes from heaven is above all. 32He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony; 33he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is tr...

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2021 Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 3:16-21 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not beli...

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 3:7-15 7Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.' 8The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." 9Nicode'mus said to him, "How can this be?" 10Jesus answ...

MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021 Monday of the 2nd Week of Easter [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 3:1-8 1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode'mus, a ruler of the Jews. 2This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him." 3Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say t...

SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021 Sunday of DIVINE MERCY [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: JOHN 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord....

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021 [GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: MARK 16:9-15 Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After this he appeared in another form to two o...