Apr 30, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide
Pope St Pius V
Gospel: John 13:16-20In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks to His disciples before His Passion and says: “From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.” These words lead us into the heart of the Resurrection. The events of the Cross and the empty tomb are not accidents of history, but the revelation of the divine identity of Jesus. He is not merely one who suffered and rose; He is the eternal “I AM,” the Lord present in human flesh, sovereign even when betrayed, condemned, and crucified. The Resurrection manifests what was hidden: the One who humbled Himself unto death is truly God, victorious over every power of darkness. Faith grows when we recognize that nothing in Christ’s Passion was outside His loving knowledge and saving purpose. Even what seemed defeat became revelation. On the memorial of Pope Saint Pius V, we also remember the call to steadfast faith and fidelity to the truth of Christ. During the Easter season, we are invited to trust more deeply that the risen Lord governs even what we do not understand, and to believe that Jesus is truly the living “I AM” in the midst of our lives. Let’s reflect: Easter is believing that Jesus, the living I AM, transforms every apparent defeat into the revelation of His victorious presence.
Don Giorgio
Apr 28, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor
Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 12:44-50In today’s Gospel, Jesus reveals the heart of the Resurrection mystery: “I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.” The Resurrection is not only that Christ left the tomb; it is that divine light entered forever into the human condition. In the risen Jesus, darkness no longer has the final word, neither the darkness of sin, confusion, suffering, nor death. To believe in Him is to step into a new horizon where truth overcomes falsehood, hope overcomes despair, and life overcomes the grave. Christ does not come to condemn, but to save; His light exposes what binds us only in order to free and heal us. On the memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, we remember a soul set ablaze by this divine light, who called the Church and the world back to Christ with courage and love. During the Easter season, we are invited not merely to admire the light from afar, but to welcome the risen Lord within us, so that no part of our life remains in darkness. Let’s reflect: Easter is believing in the risen Christ, welcoming His light into our lives, and no longer remaining in darkness.
Don Giorgio
Apr 28, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide
Saint Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr
Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest
Gospel: John 10:22-30
In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks words that lead us into the heart of the Resurrection mystery: “The Father and I are one.” The risen life of Christ cannot be understood apart from His perfect unity with the Father. Jesus is not an isolated figure acting on His own, but the eternal Son who lives in communion with the Father and reveals the Father’s saving will. Because He is one with the Father, His words carry divine authority, His works manifest divine power, and His Resurrection becomes the triumph of God Himself over death. The life He gives to His sheep is secure because it flows from this unbreakable unity of love and being. “No one can snatch them out of my hand… no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” In Christ and in the Father there is one saving embrace. On the memorial of Saint Peter Chanel and Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, we remember that true holiness springs from union with God and bears fruit in mission. During the Easter season, we are invited to trust the divine communion revealed in Christ and to rest our lives within the hands of the Father and the Son. Let’s reflect: Easter is trusting the risen Son who is one with the Father and resting our lives within their unbreakable saving love.
Don Giorgio
Apr 26, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 10:11-18In today’s Gospel, Jesus declares, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” Here we see the true face of the Risen Christ. He is risen not apart from His sacrifice, but through it. The wounds of His love remain the marks of His identity. He is the Shepherd who did not save from a distance, but entered danger, suffering, and death in order to bring His flock into life. Unlike the hired hand who flees, Christ remains faithful when the wolf comes, because His love is stronger than fear. The Resurrection reveals that such self-giving love is victorious: the Shepherd who laid down His life has taken it up again and now lives forever to guide, protect, and gather His people. He knows each sheep personally and calls each by name. During the Easter season, we are invited to trust this living Shepherd, to follow His voice above every false voice, and to rest in the certainty that the One who died for us now lives to lead us into abundant life. Let’s reflect: Easter is entrusting ourselves to the Good Shepherd who laid down His life, rose again, and now leads us into abundant life.
Don Giorgio
Apr 26, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
4th Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 2:14a, 36–41;1 Peter 2:20b–25; John 10:1–10On this Fourth Sunday of Easter, the Word of God shows us how the risen life of Christ becomes effective within us. In the Acts of the Apostles, Peter calls the people to repentance and baptism. Repentance is more than regret for sin; it is an opening of the heart to the Resurrection, a turning away from what closes us in death and a turning toward the living Christ who renews us. In the First Letter of Peter, we learn that patient endurance in doing good is precious before God. United to the suffering and risen Lord, even our trials can become places of grace and transformation. In the Gospel, Jesus proclaims: “I am the gate.” He is the secure entrance into life, the passage through which we find safety, freedom, and true pasture. To enter through Him is to dwell within the protection of divine love and the abundance of risen life. Easter therefore is not only the victory of Christ over death, but our invitation to repentance, perseverance, and trustful entrance into the One who is our gate and salvation. Let’s reflect: Easter is opening our hearts to the Risen Christ, persevering in good through trials, and entering through Him who is the gate into true life.
Don Giorgio
Apr 24, 2026 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Mark, Evangelist – Feast
Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
On the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the Gospel places before us the missionary heartbeat of Easter: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” The Resurrection can never remain enclosed within private devotion or silent admiration. The Risen Christ sends His disciples outward, because the joy of new life is meant for all creation. What the Apostles had seen and received now becomes a message to be announced, a truth to be lived, and a hope to be shared. Saint Mark, who handed on the Gospel to the Church, reminds us that proclamation is itself an act of love: to bring Christ where there is emptiness, light where there is confusion, and hope where there is fear. The Lord who sends also remains with His disciples, confirming their witness by His living presence. During the Easter season, we are invited to recognize that every believer is entrusted with this same mission. Wherever we are, by word, charity, courage, and fidelity, we are called to let the world hear that Christ is risen and alive. Let’s reflect: Easter is being sent by the Risen Christ to proclaim through our lives that He is alive and offers hope to the whole world.
Don Giorgio
