https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051424.cfm All For Jesus The kids in the school play a game called Rock, Paper, Scissors with their hands: Rock breaks Scissors, Scissors cut paper, and paper covers the Rock. Whoever wins gets to go first in the game. They make a choice randomly, and everyone agrees that it is fair. In today’s first reading

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051324.cfm Friendships That Endure Friends are the best; some last a while, and others a lifetime. These friendships endure the business of life. The ones that last are friends who share the Lord and their life, and they have an enduring quality that sees them through any difficulty. Friendships in Christ must share more than

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051224-Ascension.cfm Very thoughtfully, a mother handed her son a beautifully wrapped package on his 18th birthday. Carefully, he removed the paper and lifted the box cover. Finally, he parted the soft inner wrapping, revealing the contents: two long, thin strips of tightly woven material that the young man recognized immediately as his mother’s apron strings.

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051124.cfm We Have A Father The breakdown of a family in any society can have horrible consequences on the children. Some children will join gangs, and others will become loners. Salvador Romo felt so isolated and alone that on May 24, 2022, he shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in an elementary school in

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051024.cfm Love Jesus That Much  A common theme that arises in a spiritual direction is dryness in prayer. “I’m not getting anything out of it,” people say. This dryness in prayer is a moment of dramatic conversion. The desire is to be with the Lord, but He seems to be on vacation. The temptation is