Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 15:22-31

Today, in the reading from Acts, Paul and Barnabas are continuing their journey to Antioch guided by the Holy Spirit. Let us pray for the Holy Spirit to guide us in our daily lives.

The Holy Spirit has told Paul and Barnabas to instruct the people to abstain from sexual and dietary impurities. Paul and Barnabas' message was well received. Their faith community was delighted by the encouragement it gave them. Let us remember to give thanks for the homilies and messages that encourage us and for the people in our lives that give us guidance and hope.

John 15:12-17

This is my commandment love one another, as I have loved you. No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. This is a powerful message. Every second of every day men and women in the armed services are doing this for us so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we have. Let us pray for them and their families and for their safety and for an end to wars. We need to also pray the peace efforts of our president, the Pope, and world leaders.

You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
My command to you is to love one another. (Jn 17)

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