PRAYING IN LOSSES – One Bread, One Body, May 30, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 1 Acts 18:9-18 | Psalm 47:2-7 | John 16:20-23 “I tell you truly: you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices; you will grieve for a time, but your grief will be turned into joy.” —John 16:20 When Jesus’ disciples prayed in the upper room after His Ascension and before the first Christian Pentecost, they probably prayed with a sense of loss.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS? – One Bread, One Body, May 20, 2014
St. Bernardine of Siena Acts 14:19-28 | Psalm 145:10-13, 21 | John 14:27-31 “They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, leaving him there for dead. His disciples quickly formed a circle about him, and before long he got up and went back into the town.” —Acts 14:19-20 On the first Christian missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas were thrown out of Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra
THE PENTECOST GUILT-TRIP – One Bread, One Body, May 11, 2014
Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 36-41 | 1 Peter 2:20-25 | Psalm 23:1-6 | John 10:1-10 “When they heard this, they were deeply shaken.” —Acts 2:37 There were two outpourings of the Holy Spirit at the first Christian Pentecost. At nine AM, one-hundred and twenty people received the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:15; 2:15).