FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE – One Bread, One Body, Jun 13, 2014
St. Anthony of Padua 1 Kings 19:9, 11-16 | Psalm 27:7-9, 13-14 | Matthew 5:27-32 “Anyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his thoughts.” —Matthew 5:28 We who live in the “culture of death” are caught in a raging war for control of our senses. We are continually bombarded with sexual sensationalism.
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING – One Bread, One Body, Jun 12, 2014
1 Kings 18:41-46 | Psalm 65:10-13 | Matthew 5:20-26 “Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, crouched down to the earth, and put his head between his knees.” —1 Kings 18:42 Elijah prophesied that three-and-a-half years of drought would soon end, although there was not a cloud in the sky (1 Kgs 18:41). He told his servant seven times to look for a cloud. “Seven” probably refers to an indefinite number of times
HOME ON THE RANGE – One Bread, One Body, Jun 11, 2014
St. Barnabas Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3 | Psalm 98:1-6 | Matthew 10:7-13 “The Holy Spirit spoke to them: ‘Set apart Barnabas and Saul for Me to do the work for which I have called them.’ ” —Acts 13:2 Barnabas was from Cyprus (Acts 4:36).
LIGHT ON YOUR FEET – One Bread, One Body, Jun 10, 2014
1 Kings 17:7-16 | Psalm 4:2-5, 7-8 | Matthew 5:13-16 “Men do not light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket. They set it on a stand where it gives light to all in the house.
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