6th Sunday of Easter: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus tells his disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29
PSALM: Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
SECOND READING: Rev 21:10-14, 22-23
GOSPEL: Jn 14:23-29

VIDEO

Source: http://vimeo.com/3254593

We use the word love every single day. With so much talk about it, why do so many people feel alone and unloved? Perhaps we don’t know what “true love” really means. Is there anyone that will love me in spite of what I have done or regardless of what I will do for them? The emotional needs in our world today are so strong that the search for real love becomes even stronger.

HOMILIES

• Seeing with the Heart [www.bible.claret.org]
  We see with the eyes of our hearts. If there is love in our hearts we will see love. If there is hatred and hurt in our hearts we will also see hatred and hurt. Unfortunately, these patterns can be passed on from generation to generation. We do to others what was done to us by people who had it done to them. It is a well know fact that those who have been abused, physically, psychologically or sexually by their parents are the most likely to abuse their own children. Read more…
• If A Man Loves Me [dailyscripture.net]
  Jesus grants peace as his gift to his disciples. What kind of peace does he offer? The peace of Christ is more than the absence of trouble. It includes everything which makes for our highest good. The world’s approach to peace is avoidance of trouble and a refusal to face unpleasant things. Jesus offers the peace which conquers our fears and anxieties. Read more…
• 6th Sunday of Easter [www.catholicmatters.com]
  Christ promised his Apostles, the night before his death, that when he returned to the Father, the Holy Spirit would be sent to them. He would teach them all things and recall to their minds all that Christ had taught them. In other words, the Church, through the Apostles, was promised the direct assistance of the Holy Spirit in preserving and interpreting what we call “the deposit of faith” or the sum total of the divine revelation given to us for our sanctification. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-sixth-sunday-of-easter-john-31421.

GOSPEL TOON

Source: http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1740786

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.

CLIPART