"Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."[John 6:68]
Friday of the Fourth week of Easter
Saints of the day:
Saint Joseph the Worker
Every day St. Joseph had to provide for the family's needs with hard manual work. Thus the Church rightly points to him as the patron of workers.
Today's is also a wonderful occasion to reflect on the importance of work in the life of the human person, the family and the community.
The human being is the subject and the primary agent of work, and in the light of this truth, we can clearly perceive the fundamental connection between the person, work and society. Human activity - the Second Vatican Council recalls - proceeds from the human person and is ordered to the person. According to God's design and will, it must serve the true good of humanity and allow "man as an individual and as a member of society to cultivate and carry out his integral vocation" (cf.Gaudium et spes, n. 35).
In order to fulfil this mission, a "tested spirituality of human work" must be cultivated that is firmly rooted in the"Gospel of work" and believers are called to proclaim and to witness to the Christian meaning of work in their many activities and occupations (cf. Laborem exercens, n. 26).
May St. Joseph, such a great and humble saint be an example that inspires Christian workers, who should call on him in every circumstance. Today I wish to entrust to the provident guardian of the Holy Family of Nazareth the young people who are training for their future profession, the unemployed , and those who are suffering from the hardship of the shortage of employment , families and the whole world of work, with the expectations and challenges, the problems and prospects that characterize it.(John Paul II - General audience, Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Wednesday, 19 March 2003) - Copyright © Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Friday of the Fourth week of EasterActs of the Apostles 13:26 “Brothers! — sons of Avraham and those among you who are ‘God-fearers’! It is to us that the message of this deliverance has been sent! 27 For the people living in Yerushalayim and their leaders did not recognize who Yeshua was or understand the message of the Prophets read every Shabbat, so they fulfilled that message by condemning him. 28 They could not find any legitimate ground for a death sentence; nevertheless they asked Pilate to have him executed; 29 and when they had carried out all the things written about him, he was taken down from the stake[a] and placed in a tomb.
30 “But God raised him from the dead! 31 He appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from the Galil to Yerushalayim; and they are now his witnesses to the people.
32 “As for us, we are bringing you the Good News that what God promised to the fathers, 33 he has fulfilled for us the children in raising up Yeshua, as indeed it is written in the second Psalm,
‘You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.’[b][Footnotes:
Acts 13:29 Deuteronomy 21:23
Acts 13:33 Psalm 2:7]
Psalm 2:6 “I myself have installed my king
on Tziyon, my holy mountain.”
7 “I will proclaim the decree:
Adonai said to me,
‘You are my son;
today I became your father.
8 Ask of me, and I will make
the nations your inheritance;
the whole wide world
will be your possession.
9 You will break them with an iron rod,
shatter them like a clay pot.’”
10 Therefore, kings, be wise;
be warned, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve Adonai with fear;
rejoice, but with trembling.
Holy Gospel According to Saint John 14:1 “Don’t let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God and trust in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many places to live. If there weren’t, I would have told you; because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 Since I am going and preparing a place for you, I will return to take you with me; so that where I am, you may be also. 4 Furthermore, you know where I’m going; and you know the way there.”
5 T’oma said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you’re going; so how can we know the way?” 6 Yeshua said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.
Friday of the Fourth week of Easter
Commentary of the day :
Saint Ambrose (c.340-397), Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church
On Good and Evil, 12, 52-55; CSEL 32, 747-750 (copyright Friends of Henry Ashworth )
He showed us the place and the way when he said: “You know the place where I am going, and you know the way.” The place is with the Father; the way is Christ, as he said himself: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Let us set out on this way, let us attach ourselves to the truth, let us follow the life. The way is what leads us, the truth is what strengthens us, the life is what gives itself of its own accord. And so that we might really understand what he wants, he adds further on: “Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory.” (Jn 17:24)
We will follow you, Lord Jesus. But in order for us to follow you, call us, because without you no one will ascend towards you. For you are the way, the truth, the life. You are also our help, our trust, our reward. Welcome those who belong to you, you who are the way; strengthen them, you who are the truth; give them life, you who are the life.
We will follow you, Lord Jesus. But in order for us to follow you, call us, because without you no one will ascend towards you. For you are the way, the truth, the life. You are also our help, our trust, our reward. Welcome those who belong to you, you who are the way; strengthen them, you who are the truth; give them life, you who are the life.
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