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29/04/2026

Gospel Reading of the Day
Apr. 29, 2026
4th Wk of Easter

Jn 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 them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world. Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day, because I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”

28/04/2026

Conversion Story of a prominent and intellectual Anglican

✨Dr. Robin Ward:

👉A former Anglican Priest.
👉A prominent British Anglican patristics scholar,
👉A prominent theologian and
👉A former principal of St. Stephen’s House theological College in Oxford.

👨‍🎓He earned his Ph.D. in theology from King's College London.
His work has long centered on ecclesiology (the nature of the Church), sacramental theology, and liturgy.

✨ He stepped down as a Principal of St. Stephen House in Oxford, then he converted to Catholicism.
He was received officially into the Catholic Church on February 14, 2026

✨While he spent decades as an Anglican theologian, his academic expertise and current status place him firmly within the Catholic intellectual tradition.

👉Since his conversion, Dr. Ward has expressed a desire to continue serving the Church through his theological gifts..

28/04/2026

Gospel Reading of the Day
Apr. 28, 2026
4th Wk of Easter

John 10:22-30

At that time the festival of the Dedication was being celebrated in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me; but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will sn**ch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can sn**ch it out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

26/04/2026

To grow in one’s vocation means being with Jesus, allowing the Holy Spirit to act in our hearts and in the circumstances of life, and reinterpreting everything in light of this gift.

Pope Leo XIV
63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocation

26/04/2026

Gospel Reading of the Day
Apr. 26, 2026
Good Shepherd Sunday

John 10:1-10

“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

23/04/2026

The Real Presence of Jesus

23/04/2026

On Suffering

Mother Angelica on the power of suffering. 🥹❤️‍🩹

How can the EWTN family pray for you this week?

23/04/2026

SACRAMENT OF HEALING

The Sacrament of Confession heals you, frees you, and cleanses you like you would never believe. The Lord washes away all of our sins, heals us from the shame, guilt, fear, and the weight we've been carrying around. Many people avoid confession and confessing their sins to God, but all they're doing is carrying more and more weight and filth around for their entire life when they can unload it in the same way a car gets cleansed at a car wash. All of our biggest, darkest, most despicable and evil sins can be washed away as if they never happened. Who wouldn't want that freedom? We take out the trash in our houses every day. Why don't we take out the trash in our souls and give it to Christ? He died on the cross so that we could be forgiven, healed, and cleansed. The Bible says the penalty for sin is death, but Jesus died on the cross so we don't have to. He made a way for us to be freed from our sins. If you would like to go to confession and you would like to talk to us about it first, just email us: [email protected].

23/04/2026

Gospel Reading of the Day
Apr. 23, 2025
3rd Wk of Easter

John 6:44-51

Jesus said to his disciples, “No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

22/04/2026

Gospel Reading of the Day
Apr. 22, 2026
3rd Wk of Easter

Jn 6:35-40
Jesus said to the crowds, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”

21/04/2026

Today we honor St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), Benedictine monk, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. Born in Italy, he became archbishop of Canterbury despite initial reluctance. Known as the “Father of Scholasticism,” he is famed for the ontological argument for God’s existence and the satisfaction theory of atonement—which inspired today’s reflection on God’s justice and mercy. A tireless defender of Church freedom, he died on Holy Tuesday. His feast day is April 21.