Mass Readings for
Friday, May 09, 2008
First:  Acts 25:13-21
Psalm:  Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20
Second: 
Gospel:  John 21:15-19

Random Fact:
No word in the English language rhymes with month.

Random Act:
Organize a family movie night. Rent a good movie, buy popcorn, and your siblings’ favorite snack.

Reflect:
As we know Jesus loves His Apostles, and us. He now turns the question back on to Peter and more so on to us. How do we show our love for Him? What have you done today or plan to do today, this week, this month to show your love for Jesus? We can show our love for Christ simply by obeying His request to follow Him.

Quote of the Day:
Every day He humbles Himself just as He did when He came from His heavenly throne into the Virgin’s womb; every day He comes to us and lets us see Him in lowliness, when He descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar. – St. Francis of Assisi

Saint of the Day:
Bl. Theresa of Jesus was the foundress of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Bavaria, which she opened while religious communities were shut down by the Bavarian government. She was well known for her deep devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.