LOVE-PENTECOST – One Bread, One Body, Jun 6, 2014

St. Norbert, Pentecost Novena – Day 8 Acts 25:13-21 | Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 | John 21:15-19 “A third time Jesus asked him, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love Me?’ ” —John 21:17 As we draw near to the conclusion of the Pentecost Novena and to the celebration of Pentecost in this year of the Great Jubilee, Jesus simply and repeatedly asks us: “Do you love Me?” We have come to Jesus; we pray; we go to Mass. Of course, we …

Catholic Mass Readings for Monday, November 14th, 2011

First Reading 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 [From the descendants of Alexander’s officers] there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome. He became king in the year one hundred and thirty seven of the kingdom of the Greeks. In those days there appeared in Israel men who were breakers of the law, and they seduced many people, saying: “Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us; since we separated from them, many evils have come upon us.” The proposal was agreeable; some from among the people promptly went to the king, and he authorized them to introduce the way of living of the Gentiles.