3rd Sunday of Easter (May 1, 2022)

Acts 5.28-32, 40b-41; Rev 5.11-14; Jn 21.1-19

• When questioned by the high priest as to why the apostles had not heeded their warnings to stop preaching in the name of Jesus, Peter responded, “We must obey God rather than men.”

• In our own time, despite immense pressure from the courts, academia, media, and the elite in the public square, we Catholics need, like the apostles, to stand firm and boldly proclaim the Gospel, which includes the “Gospel of Life”; calling all people to recognize the value of life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death.

• As followers of Christ, each of us has a duty to protect the innocent and the vulnerable.

• Like Peter and the apostles, let us rejoice to be “found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.”

Pro-Life Intercession

That as we recognize Jesus in broken bread, so we may recognize Him in broken lives, including those we consider burdensome, inconvenient, and unwanted, we pray to the Lord...