THE MYSTERY AND GLORY OF TRINITARIAN LOVE – One Bread, One Body, Jun 15, 2014
Trinity Sunday Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 | 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 | Daniel 3:52-56 | John 3:16-18 “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!” —2 Corinthians 13:13 The Trinity is the heart of divine revelation and of the Christian faith. The Church teaches: “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in Himself
ACTS OF APOSTLES – One Bread, One Body, Jun 7, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 9 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 | Psalm 11:4-5, 7 | John 21:20-25 “Your business is to follow Me.” —John 21:22 Today, on the last day of our novena to the Holy Spirit and the next to last day of the Easter season, we read the last words of the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of John . May today be the last time we refuse to act on God’s …
THE GIFT OF TEARS – One Bread, One Body, Jun 4, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 6 Acts 20:28-38 | Psalm 68:29-30, 33-36 | John 17:11-19 “They began to weep without restraint.” —Acts 20:37 If you receive the Holy Spirit in this Pentecost novena, you will probably feel both more joyful and more sorrowful than ever before. St. Paul, in his life in the Spirit, proclaimed and commanded: “Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again.
UNQUESTIONABLE FAITH – One Bread, One Body, Jun 2, 2014
Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, Pentecost Novena – Day 4 Acts 19:1-8 | Psalm 68:2-7 | John 16:29-33 “Do you really believe?” —John 16:31 Twelve men of Ephesus claimed to be believers (see Acts 19:2)
PREPARE THE WAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (see Lk 3:4) – One Bread, One Body, May 29, 2014
Acts 18:1-8 | Psalm 98:1-4 | John 16:16-20 “A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his whole household, put his faith in the Lord.” —Acts 18:8 Tomorrow begins the Pentecost Novena, nine days of intense prayer in preparation to receive the Holy Spirit in fullness at Pentecost. Today is the traditional feast of the Ascension of Jesus, Who left this earth in body and ascended to the right …