Thursday of the Third Week of Easter

April 18, 2024

Today’s Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041824.cfm

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Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch,
a court official of the Candace,
that is, the queen of the Ethiopians,
in charge of her entire treasury,
who had come to Jerusalem to worship, and was returning home.
Seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
The Spirit said to Philip,
“Go and join up with that chariot.” 
Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and said,
“Do you understand what you are reading?” 
He replied,
“How can I, unless someone instructs me?”

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The encounter between Philip and the Ethiopian official holds many lessons. For today, we focus on both men’s willingness to build an interdependent faith relationship. Such relationships open us to new wisdom and knowledge. Unless we build them, we remain isolated in a deceptive arrogance that limits our spiritual life.

Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:

We pray in thanksgiving for the spiritual guides we have met and for the opportunities we have had to share faith. We teach one another by our spiritual hospitality, humility, and generosity.

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Quote: from Rabindranath Tagore

The main object of teaching

is not to give explanations,

but to knock at the doors of the mind.

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Music: We Believe- Newsboys

I don’t know if Philip sang to the Ethiopian, but if he had it would have been something like this😉.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavaBYEyAG8