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Thursday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 15:9-11Jesus said to his disciples:"As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,just as I have kept my Father's commandmentsand remain in his love."

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 15:1-8"I am the vine, you are the branches.Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,because without me you can do nothing.Anyone who does not remain in mewill be thrown out like a branch and wither;people will gather them and throw them into a fireand they will be burned."

Tuesday of Fifth Week of EasterJohn 14:27-31aJesus said to his disciples:"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.Not as the world gives do I give it to you.Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."

Monday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 14:21-26"I have told you this while I am with you.The Advocate, the Holy Spiritwhom the Father will send in my name--he will teach you everythingand remind you of all that I told you."

Friday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 14:1-6Thomas said to him,"Master, we do not know where you are going;how can we know the way?"Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life.No one comes to the Father except through me."

Thursday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 13:16-20"From now on I am telling you before it happens,so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I sendreceives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."

Feast of Saint Matthias, ApostleJohn 15:9-17Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,just as I have kept my Father’s commandmentsand remain in his love."

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 10:22-30"My sheep hear my voice;I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish."

Monday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 10:1-10Jesus said:“Amen, amen, I say to you,whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gatebut climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice,as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out."

Thursday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:44-51"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;whoever eats this bread will live forever;and the bread that I will giveis my Flesh for the life of the world."

Wednesday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:35-40Jesus said to the crowds,"I am the bread of life;whoever comes to me will never hunger,and whoever believes in me will never thirst."

Tuesday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:30-35So they said to Jesus,“Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;whoever comes to me will never hunger,and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

Monday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:22-29And when they found him across the sea they said to him,"Rabbi, when did you get here?"Jesus answered them and said,"Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for menot because you saw signsbut because you ate the loaves and were filled.Do not work for food that perishesbut for the food that endures for eternal life,which the Son of Man will give you."

Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchMatthew 10:22-25Jesus said to the Twelve:"You will be hated by all because of my name,but whoever endures to the end will be saved.When they persecute you in one town, flee to another.Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israelbefore the Son of Man comes."

Join Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Kelly Brown Douglas as they discuss publication of the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of her groundbreaking book, Sexuality and the Black Church.“If a diagnosis is indispensable for a cure then the Black church and the Black community, as well as the church in general and White society, should take seriously this searingly honest yet sympathetic exposé and then perhaps they may be set on the road to healing their ills.”—Archbishop Desmond TutuGet your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/5zmThe Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School, and the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. Previously, she served as Dean of of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion.