Diocese of Daru-Kiunga

16/05/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥
Mt 28:16-20

All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

✠ 𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰

The eleven disciples went to Galilee,
to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.
When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.
Then Jesus approached and said to them,
“All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 Dr. Josef ARQUER
(Berlin, Germany)

Today we contemplate hands that bless - the Lord's final earthly gesture (cf. Luke 24:51). Or footprints marked on a mount - the last visible sign of God's passage through our land. At times, that mount is depicted as a rock, and the imprint of His steps is not engraved on the earth but on the rock. It's as if alluding to that stone which He foretold and which will soon be sealed by the wind and fire of Pentecost. Iconography has been using these suggestive symbols since ancient times. And also the mysterious cloud - shadow and light at the same time - that accompanies so many theophanies already in the Old Testament. The face of the Lord would dazzle us.

Saint Leo the Great helps us to delve deeper into the event: "What was visible in our Savior has now passed on to his mysteries." What mysteries? Those which He entrusted to His Church. The gesture of blessing unfolds in the liturgy, and the footprints on the earth mark the path of the sacraments —a path that leads to the fullness of the definitive encounter with God.

During those forty days in which the Lord does not “appear”, but rather, as the exegetes tell us, “let’s Himself be seen”, the Apostles will have had time to get used to their Master's other way of being. Now, in this last encounter, amazement is renewed. The Apostles discover that, from this moment on, they will not only proclaim the Word, but will also inspire life and health, with the visible gesture and the audible word: in baptism and in the other sacraments.

“All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Mt 28:18). All authority... Go to all nations... And teach them to obey everything... And He will be with them - with His Church, with us - always (cf. Mt 28:19-20). That "everything" resounds through space and time, affirming us in hope.

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𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹
Jn 16:23b-28

My Father loves you because you have loved me and believed in me.

✠ 𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name;
ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

“I have told you this in figures of speech.
The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures
but I will tell you clearly about the Father.
On that day you will ask in my name,
and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me
and have come to believe that I came from God.
I came from the Father and have come into the world.
Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 Fr. Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano (Cervera, Lleida, Spain)

Today, vigil of our Lord's Ascension into Heaven, the Gospel leaves us with some very fond farewell words. Jesus let us share his most precious mystery; God Father is his origin and, at the same time, his destination: “I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” (Jn 16:28).

This great Truth of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity should be constantly resounding into our heads: Jesus is really the Son of God: God Father is his origin and God Father is his destination.

For those who claim to know everything about God, but question Jesus' Divine filiations, today's Gospel has an important thing they should remember: “He, who” the Jews name God is who sent Jesus to us; He is, therefore, the Father to those who believe. With this we are clearly told that God can only and truly be known by those who accept Jesus' Father is God.

But Jesus' Divine filiations, also reminds us of another important thing for our lives: those baptized into Christ are sons of God through the Holy Spirit. And this hides a most beautiful mystery for us: this adoptive fatherhood by God towards us is different of human adoption insofar it has a true foundation in each one of us, as it implies a new birth. Consequently, he who has been accepted in the great Divine Family is no longer a stranger to it.

This is why in the Mass Collects of the Ascension Day we shall all be reminded that all children must follow the steps of the Son: “Grant us, we pray, almighty God, the gift of a blessed joy and the rejoicing of a burning thanksgiving, for the Ascension into the heavens of Christ, your Son, also is our submission and glory, for where the Head ascended the body hopes to ascend, too.” So no Christian should therefore be left behind, for this is far more important than participating in any marathon race, the finishing line being in Heaven, with the very God!

14/05/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐈𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥
Jn 16:20-23

No one will take your joy away from you.

✠ 𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn,
while the world rejoices;
you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.
When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived;
but when she has given birth to a child,
she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy
that a child has been born into the world.
So you also are now in anguish.
But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice,
and no one will take your joy away from you.
On that day you will not question me about anything.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 Fr. Joaquim FONT i Gassol (Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)

Today we begin the Decade of the Holy Spirit. Reliving the memory of the Cenacle, we see the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Mother of Good Counsel, talking with the Apostles. What a warm and abounding conversation! Recalling all the joys they shared with their Master: The Paschal days, the Ascension and Jesus' promises. The sufferings of the Passion days have turned into joy. What a nice atmosphere at the Cenacle! And what is yet to come, as Jesus has assured them.

We now know that Mary, Queen of the Apostles, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Mother of the growing Church, guides us to receive the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. The gifts are like a boat's sails when unfurled and the wind —representing grace— blowing in favor: what a speed and easiness of the course!

The Lord has also promised to transform into joy the hardship of our journey: “No one will take your joy away from you” (Jn 16:22) and “your joy may be complete” (Jn 16:24). And in Psalm 126:6: “Those who go forth weeping, carrying sacks of seed, Will return with cries of joy, carrying their bundled sheaves.”

All this week the Liturgy speaks of revitalizing, of exulting (jumping with joy), of an eternal and certain happiness. Everything leads us to live in prayer. As Saint Josemaria Escrivá wrote: “I want you to be happy always, for cheerfulness is an essential part of your way. Pray that the same supernatural joy may be granted to us all.”

Human beings need laughter both for their physical and spiritual wellbeing. Healthy humor teaches us how to live. Saint Paul will say: “We know that all things work for good for those who love God” (Rm 8:28). And here you have a good ejaculatory prayer!: “It's all unto good”; “Omnia in bonum!”

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13/05/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝕱𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝕾𝐭. 𝕸𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐬
𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥
Jn 15:9–17

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you.

✠ 𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧

Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love.

“I have told you this so that my joy might be in you
and your joy might be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲

Today, on the Feast of Saint Matthias, the Church gives us the words of Jesus, “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you.”

Matthias stands quietly in the Scriptures. He preached no famous sermon, performed no recorded miracle, and wrote no Gospel. Yet he was chosen. After the wound of betrayal left by Judas, Matthias became a sign that God’s grace is always greater than human failure. Where sin created emptiness, Christ raised up fidelity. The mission continued because the love of God cannot be defeated.

And this is the heart of today’s Gospel: Christianity begins not with our choosing God, but with God choosing us first. Before we loved Him, He loved us. Before we sought Him, He called us by name. The apostles did not earn their place; they received it as friendship: “I no longer call you servants… I have called you friends.”

What a staggering truth—that the eternal Son of God desires not slaves trembling in fear, but friends who remain in His love.

Yet Jesus immediately tells us what this friendship looks like: “Love one another as I have loved you.” The measure is no longer convenience or sentiment, but the Cross. Real Christian love costs something. It forgives when wounded, remains faithful when forgotten, and serves without applause. Matthias accepted such a love and spent his life bearing fruit in silence and obscurity.

Many of us desire greatness in the Kingdom, yet fear hiddenness. Matthias reminds us that holiness is not measured by recognition, but by fidelity. Heaven remembers names the world forgets.

Today, then, let us ask for the grace not merely to work for Christ, but to remain in His love; not merely to speak about charity, but to love as He loved. And like Saint Matthias, may we become faithful enough that, even in silence, our lives help heal the wounds of a broken world.

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