Apr 20, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 6:22-29In today’s Gospel, Jesus redirects the crowd from what is temporary to what is eternal: “Do not work for food that cannot last, but work for food that endures to eternal life.” The people seek bread that satisfies hunger for a moment, but Jesus offers a nourishment that reaches the deepest hunger of the human heart. When they ask what work God requires, His answer is strikingly simple: to believe in the One He has sent. The true work is not first about many external efforts, but about entering into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. Faith is the labor of the heart that trusts, remains, and receives. It is in communion with Him that we receive the food that endures, the life of grace, truth, and eternal destiny. During the Easter season, we are invited to examine what we are striving for. So much energy is spent on what passes away, while the Risen Lord offers Himself as the lasting nourishment of our lives. To believe in Him is already to begin sharing in eternal life. Let’s reflect: Easter is turning from what passes away to the Risen Christ and finding in relationship with Him the food of eternal life.
Don Giorgio
Apr 18, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
3rd Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 2:14,22-33; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35
On this Third Sunday of Easter, the Word of God leads us into the heart of the Paschal mystery. In the Acts of the Apostles (2:14,22–33), Peter proclaims that death could not hold Jesus, because He is the Lord of life. The Resurrection is the triumph of divine life over the power of the grave. In the First Letter of Peter (1:17–21), we are reminded that this victory was not without cost: the suffering and precious blood of Christ became the ransom paid for our debts, redeeming us not with perishable things, but with the total gift of Himself. In the Gospel (Luke 24:13–35), the Risen Lord walks with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, opens the Scriptures, and is finally recognized in the breaking of the bread. Here we discover that the Eucharist is the privileged moment of recognition, where the crucified and risen Christ makes Himself present and known. Easter therefore is not only a past event to remember, but a living mystery we enter: the Lord of life who conquered death, the Redeemer who paid our debt, and the Companion who reveals Himself to us in the Eucharist. Let’s reflect: Easter is meeting the Lord of life who conquered death, redeemed us by His sacrifice, and makes Himself known in the breaking of the bread.
Don Giorgio
Apr 17, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Saturday of the 2nd week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 6:16-21In today’s Gospel, the disciples are crossing the sea in darkness when strong winds arise and fear takes hold of them. Then Jesus comes toward them, walking on the waters, and says, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” This sign points beyond itself to the mystery of the Resurrection. The waters, often a symbol of chaos, fear, and the powers that threaten life, do not overpower Him. Christ walks above them as Lord of creation and Lord over every force of darkness. What is revealed after Easter is already foreshadowed here: nothing can imprison the Son of God, not the storm, not the deep, not even death. His victory is not only His own; it is the promise of ours. Because He lives, those who belong to Him are called to pass through fear into peace, through darkness into light, through death into life. During the Easter season, we are invited to welcome Him into the boat of our lives and trust that the Risen Lord leads us safely toward the shore of resurrection. Let’s reflect: Easter is welcoming the Risen Christ into the storms of our lives and passing with Him from fear and death into peace and new life.
Don Giorgio
Apr 17, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Friday of the 2nd week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 6:1-15In today’s Gospel, Jesus takes the little that is offered, five loaves and two fish, gives thanks, and feeds the multitude until all are satisfied, with abundance remaining. This sign is more than an act of compassion; it points beyond itself to the mystery of the Resurrection. In the hands of Jesus, limitation becomes fullness, scarcity becomes abundance, and what seemed insufficient becomes life for many. This is the logic of Easter. The Risen Christ continues to transform what is fragile, broken, and small into a source of new life. The multiplication of the bread foreshadows the victory of life over lack, hope over despair, and divine generosity over human limits. It also directs us toward the Eucharist, where the Risen Lord still feeds His people with Himself. During the Easter season, we are invited to place our own poverty into His hands, trusting that with Christ nothing given in love remains too little, for He is the Lord who multiplies life through the power of His Resurrection. Let’s reflect: Easter is placing our poverty into the hands of the Risen Christ and trusting Him to transform it into abundant life for many.
Don Giorgio
Apr 15, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 3:16-21
In today’s Gospel, we hear one of the most profound proclamations of faith: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” Here we discover the deepest meaning of Easter. The Resurrection is not an isolated miracle, but the sublime expression of God’s love brought to fulfillment. The Father gives the Son, the Son offers Himself unto death, and in rising again opens eternal life to the world. Easter reveals that divine love is stronger than sin, stronger than darkness, and stronger than death itself. It is love that does not condemn, but saves; love that does not abandon, but seeks; love that enters human brokenness in order to restore it from within. To believe in Christ is to step out of darkness into this radiant truth. During the Easter season, we are invited not only to admire this love, but to receive it personally and allow our lives to become a response to the God whose greatest language is the gift of His Son. Let’s reflect: Easter is receiving the victorious love of God revealed in the Risen Christ and stepping from darkness into the light of new life.
Don Giorgio
