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Saturday, May 3, 2025

Happy Saturday, friend! We are so excited to share with you what's coming up this week as we all prepare our hearts by praying with readings for Sunday, the day of rest with our Lord.

Live Liturgically // This Week’s Feast Days

Saturday, May 3 (today!) // Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles

Sunday, May 4 // Third Sunday of Easter

Letter from the Editor //

Dear Sister,

The Third Sunday of Easter gives us a vision of heavenly worship of the “Lamb that was slain” (Revelation 5:12), worship we join in with each and every Mass and worship we hope to be a part of for eternity. But for now, we often find ourselves like the Apostles in the boat, fishing all night without catching a thing. The Lord’s will for us is not always explicit, so we often do what we think is best based on our gifts and talents. Yet, when we do not rely on Him, we often catch nothing. Then the Lord comes with the light, and tells us where to “cast the net” (John 21:6). We have to learn the lesson again and again that only when we cast our net with Him will we make a catch.

The Apostles are given strict orders by the Sanhedrin in the First Reading to “stop teaching in that name” (Acts 5:28). When we follow Christ, and “obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), we will find that the world is against us. When these things happen and like Saint Peter, we are led where we do not want to go (see John 21:18), we must remember that this world is not for us. Our time in the boat of life is brief, and soon we will be with Jesus on those heavenly shores and praising the Lord with the choirs in Heaven, Who has “brought [us] up from the netherworld” (Psalm 30:4).

In Christ’s Love,

Susanna

Read the readings for the Third Sunday of Easter:

First Reading // Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41

Psalm // Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13

Second Reading // Revelation 5:11-14

Gospel // John 21:1-19

Prayer Practice // Where is the Lord inviting you to cast your nets again?

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Susanna Spencer holds a master's in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and is the Devotions Editor for Blessed is She. She is a freelance writer and editor and a teacher. She lives with her philosopher husband, three teen daughters, one pre-teen son, and a miracle baby girl in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She loves reading theology and novels, attending beautiful liturgies, cooking delicious food, and casually following baseball. She is the author of the Gospel Studies including Seek His Kingdom: A Meditation on Matthew , Listen to Him: A Meditation on Mark, Preach in His Name: A Meditation on Luke, and Abide in His Love: A Meditation on John. She was the contributing author and editor for our children’s devotional prayer book, Rise Up. She was the Theological Editor of the Blessed Conversations Studies. Find out more about her here.