Mary Queen of Peace Parish- Mtendere Catholic Church

29/04/2026

Today's Readings April 28th

Wednesday of week 4 of Easter

1st Reading. Acts 12:24—13:5a..........................................................................

Gospel. John 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.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

28/04/2026

Radiating Christ

Dear Jesus,

help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood my soul with Your spirit and life.
Pe*****te and possess my whole being so utterly
that all my life may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through me and be so in me
that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus!
Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine,
so to shine as to be a light to others;
the light, O Jesus, will be all from You;
none of it will be mine:
it will be You shining on others through me.
Let me thus praise You in the way You love best:
by shining on those around me.
Let me preach You without preaching, not by words, but by my example,
by the catching force,
the sympathetic influence of what I do,
the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You.

Amen

28/04/2026

Today's Readings April 28

Tuesday of week 4 of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 11:19-26

Barnabas goes to Antioch and sees the grace of God at work..........................................................................

Gospel: John 10:22-30

Jesus shows himself as the Saviour in whom we must trust

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.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

27/04/2026

Today's Readings April 27

Monday of Week 4 of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 11:1-18

By inspiration, Peter baptises the first pagan converts........................................................................

Gospel: John 10:1-10

Jesus is the Good Shepherd, who keeps his sheep safe from harm

“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.

So 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.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

26/04/2026

VOCATION SUNDAY - MESSAGE OF THE WEEK - Deacon Melele

26/04/2026

Second Mass

26/04/2026

4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER - VOCATION SUNDAY

25/04/2026

Today's Readings April 25

Saturday of week 3 of Easter

Saint Mark, Evangelist

1st Reading: 1 Peter 5:5-14

Peter’s homily includes mention of Mark among the Christians in Rome (“Babylon”)............................................................................

Gospel: Mark 16:15-20

Jesus’ final guidance, from the appendix to Mark’s Gospel

And Jesus said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it.

The Gospel of the Lord.

24/04/2026

Today's Readings April 24

Friday of week 3 of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 9:1-20

On the road to Damascus, Saul converts to the Way...........................................................................
Gospel: John 6:52-59

A promise of life: “Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

At that time the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

The Gospel of the Lord.

23/04/2026

Today's Readings April 22

Thursday of week 3 of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 8:26-40

Philip’s joyful spreading of the faith.........................................................................
Gospel: John 6:44-51

A promise of life: “Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

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.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

21/04/2026

Today's Readings April 21

Tuesday of week 3 of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 7:51-8:1

Stephen’s temple-criticism stirs up the mob, who put him to death by stoning.........................................................................

Gospel: John 6:30-35

My Father gives you the true bread from heaven

So they said to him, “What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

The Gospel of the Lord.

20/04/2026

DELAYED: MESSAGE OF THE WEEK - DIVINE MERCY

MESSAGE OF THE WEEK DIVINE MERCY