Sunday, May 24, 2026
Mass Readings and Reflection Sunday, May 24, 2026
First Reading: (Acts 2:1–11)
Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 104)
Response: Lord, send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.
Second Reading: (1 Corinthians 12:3–7, 12–13)
Gospel: (John 20:19–23)
Reflection
Today, the church celebrates Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the Church. Fifty days after Easter, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, transforming them from fearful men hiding behind locked doors into bold witnesses of Christ.
The Spirit gave them courage, wisdom, and strength to preach the Gospel. Through Peter’s first sermon, thousands were converted and baptized. Pentecost reminds us that the Church is alive because the Holy Spirit is alive within her.
The Holy Spirit united people from many nations and languages into one family of faith. This is the beauty of the Church: though we come from different backgrounds, we are united by the love of Christ.
The Holy Spirit is invisible, yet His presence is seen through His fruits: love, peace, unity, joy, kindness, goodness, and forgiveness. Wherever these are found, the Spirit of God is at work.
The Spirit is symbolized in many ways: wind, fire, breath, water, light, and the dove. Jesus breathed on the apostles and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit,” showing that the Spirit is our life, strength, and companion.
St. Paul reminds us that spiritual gifts are given not for pride or display, but for the good of the community. Even the gift of tongues is meaningless without love. As Scripture says, if we have every gift but do not have love, we are nothing.
Therefore, the greatest sign that the Holy Spirit lives in us is not how loudly we speak, but how deeply we love.
Today, let us pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our lives. May the Spirit strengthen us to become bold witnesses of the Gospel and help us live every day as true children of God.
Come Holy Spirit. Fill our hearts with love, peace, and courage. Renew in us the fire of faith, and help us live like people who truly have the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Happy Birthday to the Church. Thank you, Holy Spirit 💖
Saturday, May 23, 2026
The $200 Billion Dollar Plus Companies
These are public companies with market value of over $200 billion dollars.
We will come back in future to see where they stand.
| Ticker | Company | Sector / Industry | Approx. Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | Technology – Consumer Electronics | ~$3.2T |
| ABBV | AbbVie | Healthcare – Pharmaceuticals | ~$350B |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | Semiconductors – Equipment | ~$190B |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | Semiconductors | ~$260B |
| AMZN | Amazon | Consumer / Cloud Computing | ~$2.1T |
| ARM | Arm Holdings | Semiconductors – IP | ~$150B |
| ASML | ASML | Semiconductor Equipment | ~$420B |
| AVGO | Broadcom | Semiconductors / Infrastructure Software | ~$1.0T |
| AXP | American Express | Financials – Credit Services | ~$200B |
| AZN | AstraZeneca | Healthcare – Pharmaceuticals | ~$250B |
| BABA | Alibaba Group | E-Commerce / Cloud | ~$250B |
| BAC | Bank of America | Financials – Banking | ~$340B |
| BHP | BHP | Materials – Mining | ~$140B |
| BRK-A | Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate / Insurance | ~$1.1T |
| BRK-B | Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate / Insurance | ~$1.1T |
| C | Citigroup | Financials – Banking | ~$160B |
| CAT | Caterpillar | Industrials – Machinery | ~$180B |
| COST | Costco | Consumer Staples – Retail | ~$450B |
| CSCO | Cisco | Technology – Networking | ~$240B |
| CVX | Chevron | Energy – Oil & Gas | ~$300B |
| GE | GE Aerospace | Industrials – Aerospace | ~$250B |
| GEV | GE Vernova | Energy Infrastructure | ~$120B |
| GOOG | Alphabet | Internet / AI / Advertising | ~$2.3T |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | Internet / AI / Advertising | ~$2.3T |
| GS | Goldman Sachs | Financials – Investment Banking | ~$210B |
| HD | Home Depot | Consumer – Retail | ~$350B |
| HSBC | HSBC | Financials – Banking | ~$220B |
| IBM | IBM | Enterprise Technology / AI | ~$250B |
| INTC | Intel | Semiconductors | ~$140B |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Healthcare | ~$360B |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase | Financials – Banking | ~$700B |
| KLAC | KLA | Semiconductor Equipment | ~$120B |
| KO | Coca-Cola | Consumer Staples – Beverage | ~$320B |
| LIN | Linde | Materials – Industrial Gas | ~$220B |
| LLY | Eli Lilly | Healthcare – Pharmaceuticals | ~$900B |
| LRCX | Lam Research | Semiconductor Equipment | ~$150B |
| MA | Mastercard | Financial Technology | ~$500B |
| MCD | McDonald's | Consumer – Restaurants | ~$220B |
| META | Meta Platforms | Internet / AI / Advertising | ~$1.8T |
| MRK | Merck & Co. | Healthcare – Pharmaceuticals | ~$250B |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | Financials – Investment Banking | ~$220B |
| MSFT | Microsoft | Software / Cloud / AI | ~$3.4T |
| MU | Micron Technology | Semiconductors – Memory | ~$180B |
| MUFG | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Financials – Banking | ~$170B |
| NFLX | Netflix | Communication Services | ~$500B |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | Semiconductors / AI | ~$4T+ |
| NVS | Novartis | Healthcare – Pharmaceuticals | ~$240B |
| ORCL | Oracle | Software / Cloud | ~$700B |
| PANW | Palo Alto Networks | Cybersecurity | ~$140B |
| PEP | PepsiCo | Consumer Staples | ~$250B |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | Consumer Staples | ~$420B |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies | AI / Defense Software | ~$350B |
| PM | Philip Morris International | Consumer Staples – Tobacco | ~$260B |
| QCOM | Qualcomm | Semiconductors / Wireless | ~$220B |
| RTX | RTX | Aerospace & Defense | ~$180B |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | Financials – Banking | ~$180B |
| SAP | SAP | Enterprise Software | ~$350B |
| SHEL | Shell | Energy – Oil & Gas | ~$240B |
| SNDK | Sandisk | Storage / Semiconductors | ~$20–30B* |
| TM | Toyota Motor | Automotive | ~$300B |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US | Telecom | ~$250B |
| TSLA | Tesla | EV / AI / Energy | ~$1.2T |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company | Semiconductor Foundry | ~$1.4T |
| TTE | TotalEnergies | Energy – Oil & Gas | ~$150B |
| TXN | Texas Instruments | Analog Semiconductors | ~$180B |
| UNH | UnitedHealth Group | Healthcare Insurance | ~$300B |
| V | Visa | Financial Technology | ~$700B |
| VZ | Verizon | Telecom | ~$180B |
| WFC | Wells Fargo | Financials – Banking | ~$250B |
| WMT | Walmart | Consumer Staples – Retail | ~$800B |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil | Energy – Oil & Gas | ~$500B |
SNDK market cap depends on the current structure/spinoff valuation and can fluctuate significantly.
Mass Readings and Reflection for Saturday, May 23, 2026
First Reading: (Acts 28:16–20, 30–31)
Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 11)
Response: The upright shall behold your face, O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, Alleluia.
“I will send to you the Spirit of truth,” says the Lord;
“He will guide you to all truth.”
Gospel: (John 21:20–25)
Reflection:
In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches a simple but powerful lesson: focus on your own journey with God instead of becoming distracted by the lives of others.
After Jesus told Peter about his own mission and future suffering, Peter immediately turned his attention to John and asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered firmly: “What is that to you? You follow me.”
Peter wanted to know another person’s path instead of concentrating on his own. Many of us do the same. We spend time watching, judging, discussing, and comparing ourselves with others while neglecting the work God is asking us to do within ourselves.
Jesus reminds us today that everyone has a different calling, different struggles, and a different path. Our responsibility is not to manage the lives of others but to remain faithful to our own mission.
Too often we focus on the faults of others while ignoring the areas in our own lives that need conversion. We speak about other people’s failures, sins, and weaknesses, yet fail to examine our own hearts.
The Lord calls us today to stop wasting energy on matters that do not concern us. Instead, let us use our time to grow in holiness, humility, patience, and love.
There is still much within us that God wants to heal and transform. Let us therefore focus on becoming better disciples rather than becoming observers and critics of others.
Mind your soul.
Mind your relationship with God.
Mind the work of becoming holy.
That is the business that truly matters.
Amen.
God bless you
Pal Ronnie
Friday, May 22, 2026
Mass Reading and Reflection on Friday May 22nd 2026
"Peter Do You Love Me?"
First Reading: (Acts 25:13–21)Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 103)
Response:
The Lord has fixed his throne in heaven.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia.
The Holy Spirit will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Gospel: (John 21:15–19)
After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” Peter answered, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
A second time Jesus asked, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter replied, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Tend my sheep.”
A third time Jesus asked, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him the third time, and he answered, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus then said, “Feed my sheep.”
Jesus told Peter that one day he would stretch out his hands and glorify God by his death. Then he said to him:
“Follow me.”
Reflection:
The encounter between Jesus and Peter in today’s Gospel is one of the most moving moments in Scripture. It takes place after the resurrection. Peter, who once denied Jesus three times, now stands face to face with the risen Lord.
And Jesus asks him the same question three times:
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Why does Jesus repeat the question? Is he doubting Peter’s love? Is he trying to embarrass him? No. Jesus is healing Peter. The threefold profession of love is meant to heal the wound caused by Peter’s three denials.
Peter had failed. Out of fear and weakness, he denied even knowing Jesus. Yet Jesus does not reject him. Instead, he gives Peter the opportunity to begin again.
By the third question, Peter is hurt. He feels sorrow deep within himself. And so he responds with words filled with humility and honesty:
“Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
Peter no longer trusts in his own strength. Before, he boldly claimed he would never abandon Jesus. But now he places everything before the Lord’s all-knowing heart.
“Lord, you know everything.”
What God knows about us is very important. Human beings may judge us by our failures, mistakes, weaknesses, or past sins, but God sees deeper. He reads the heart. He knows our intentions. He knows the struggle within us.
Even when we fall through weakness, God desires to see whether our hearts still love him.
That is why Jesus asks each one of us today:
“Do you love me?”
He calls us by name and asks us personally.
Despite our sins and weaknesses, do we truly love God? Because if we truly love him, then even after falling, we will regret our sins and desire to return to him. Love always seeks reconciliation.
Peter denied Jesus, but because his heart truly loved the Lord, he could not remain far away forever. His love drew him back.
The same is true for us. When we genuinely love God:
we feel sorrow for sin,
we desire conversion,
we seek forgiveness,
and we try again after every fall.
Jesus then entrusts Peter with a mission:
“Feed my sheep.”
What a remarkable thing. Jesus gives this responsibility not to the perfect disciple, but to the disciple who failed and repented.
Why not John? Why not another apostle who did not deny him publicly? Because the Lord is interested not in perfection alone, but in love, humility, repentance, and fidelity.
Peter understood human weakness. Therefore, he could become a compassionate shepherd.
Today, Jesus gives the same mission to all of us in different ways. Parents feed the sheep by raising children in faith. Priests feed the sheep by preaching and administering the sacraments. Teachers, catechists, and all Christians are called to guide others toward God.
But an important question remains:
Do we feed the sheep, or do we feed on the sheep?
Do we serve others with love, gentleness, and care, or do we use people for selfish gain, pride, power, or recognition?
So today, let us say with Peter from the depths of our hearts:
“Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
And may that love move us always to repentance, fidelity, and service.
Amen.
Have a wonderful weekend.
God bless you 🙏
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