WHEN THE MAJORITY DOESN’T RULE – One Bread, One Body, Jun 21, 2014
St. Aloysius Gonzaga 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 | Psalm 89:4-5, 29-34 | Matthew 6:24-34 “Though the Aramean force came with few men, the Lord surrendered a very large force into their power, because Judah had abandoned the Lord.” —2 Chronicles 24:24 How did a few atheists and secular humanists stop prayer in the public schools despite the fact that the great majority of Americans wanted prayer in the schools?
TREASURY BONDS – One Bread, One Body, Jun 20, 2014
2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 | Psalm 132:11-14, 17-18 | Matthew 6:19-23 “Make it your practice instead to store up heavenly treasure, which neither moths nor rust corrode nor thieves break in and steal.” —Matthew 6:20 Athaliah, the wicked queen of Israel, stored up earthly treasure.
PRAYER-POWER – One Bread, One Body, Jun 19, 2014
St. Romuald Sirach 48:1-14 | Psalm 97:1-7 | Matthew 6:7-15 “This is how you are to pray: ‘Our Father in heaven…’ ” —Matthew 6:9 Elijah’s “words were as a flaming furnace” (Sir 48:1)
STAYING POWER – One Bread, One Body, Jun 18, 2014
2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 | Psalm 31:20-21, 24 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 “You have asked for something that is not easy.” —2 Kings 2:10 Elijah was about to be taken up to God. Elisha, his successor, asked Elijah: “May I receive a double portion of your spirit?” (2 Kgs 2:9). Elijah told him that he had “asked for something that is not easy” (2 Kgs 2:10)
LORD, HAVE MERCY – One Bread, One Body, Jun 17, 2014
1 Kings 21:17-29 | Psalm 51:3-6, 11, 16 | Matthew 5:43-48 “Then the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, ‘Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before Me?’ ” —1 Kings 21:28-29 The Lord is so merciful that, when we even begin to repent, He pours out His merciful love.