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Word of God

The light of the Star of Bethlehem continues to shine in our time, wherever the Gospel takes root.

I Will Not Leave You Orphans

On this sixth Sunday of Easter, Jesus speaks one of the most tender lines in all of his Farewell Discourse — a sentence so simple it can almost slip past us: "I will not leave you orphans." The whole ...

Bible Spirituality

May 9, 2026

Living stones on the Way

On this fifth Sunday of Easter, the liturgy weaves together three readings that say, with three different voices, the same astonishing thing about us. The Acts of the Apostles tells of a young communi...

Bible Spirituality

May 2, 2026

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father

On this Saturday of the fourth week of Easter, the Church celebrates Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, bishop and Doctor of the Church. The pairing of readings could not be more fitting for him. In the ...

Bible Spirituality

May 1, 2026

Preparing a place

On this 1st of May, the Church celebrates Saint Joseph the Worker. Around the world, this same day is also a feast of human labour. The two coincide beautifully. The liturgy gives us, as if on purpose...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 30, 2026

A servant is not greater than his master

On this Thursday of the fourth week of Easter, the liturgy gives us a discreet but luminous lesson on the dignity of those who are sent. In the first reading, Paul stands up in the synagogue of Antioc...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 29, 2026

Doctor by smallness

On this Wednesday of the fourth week of Easter, the Church celebrates as a feast Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and Doctor of the Church. The choice of readings is striking. Saint John tells us that...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 28, 2026

Hearing his voice, bearing his name

On this Tuesday of the fourth week of Easter, the liturgy carries us further along the same thread we began yesterday. The voice of the Good Shepherd is still the centre of everything; but today we se...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 28, 2026

One voice, one flock

On this Monday of the fourth week of Easter, the Risen Christ speaks to us as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life freely, and Peter — still surprised by the Spirit — recognises that the same Shep...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 27, 2026

Listen and Recognize the Voice of the Lord

In this Easter season, the Church places before us the image of Christ the Good Shepherd. He knows each one by name, calls every heart personally, and leads his flock toward life in abundance. Today w...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 25, 2026

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Today the Church pauses during the Easter season to celebrate Saint Mark, evangelist and faithful witness of the risen Lord. Through his Gospel, simple and direct, Mark leads us to the heart of Jesus ...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 24, 2026

You Will Be My Witnesses

In this Easter season, the Word of God leads us into the mystery of true conversion. Saul the persecutor becomes Paul the apostle, and Jesus reveals himself as the Bread of Life given for the salvatio...

Bible Spirituality

Apr 23, 2026

Humble Joy

In this Easter season, the Word of God calls us to rediscover who Jesus truly is: the One sent from above, filled with the Spirit without measure. In a world that trusts human power, Christ reveals th...

Apr 16, 2026

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Each day of the year, this blog offers a short meditation on the Gospel of the day, read in the light of Bethlehem spirituality.

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