A PROPHETIC LIFESTYLE – One Bread, One Body, Jun 9, 2014
St. Ephrem 1 Kings 17:1-6 | Psalm 121:1-8 | Matthew 5:1-12 “They persecuted the prophets before you in the very same way.” —Matthew 5:12 Elijah prophesied: “During these years there shall be no” rain in Israel “except at my word” (1 Kgs 17:1). This prophecy turned Israel’s economy upside down
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Reading 1 acts 3:1-10 Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Reading 1 gn 17:3-9 When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him: “My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations. No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations
Catholic Mass Readings for Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
First Reading 1 Kgs 18:20-39 Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel. Elijah appealed to all the people and said, “How long will you straddle the issue? If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.” The people, however, did not answer him.
Catholic Mass Readings for Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
First Reading Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Peter said to the people: “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in Pilate’s presence when he had decided to release him. You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.