THE REVOLUTIONARY POWER OF THE CHURCH – One Bread, One Body, May 2, 2014
St. Athanasius Acts 5:34-42 | Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 | John 6:1-15 “Think twice about what you are going to do with these men.” —Acts 5:35 Gamaliel, a member of the Sanhedrin and a renowned teacher, considered it possible that Jesus and His disciples were from God (see Acts 5:39). He knew too that if they weren’t, they would destroy themselves (Acts 5:38), and so he concluded that …
WILDLY OBEDIENT – One Bread, One Body, May 1, 2014
St. Joseph the Worker Acts 5:27-33 | Psalm 34:2, 9, 17-20 | John 3:31-36 “We testify to this. So too does the Holy Spirit, Whom God has given to those that obey Him.” —Acts 5:32 To believe in the risen Christ, we need the Holy Spirit.
OVER THESE PRISON WALLS WE SHALL FLY! – One Bread, One Body, Apr 30, 2014
Pope St. Pius V Acts 5:17-26 | Psalm 34:2-9 | John 3:16-21 “We found the jail securely locked and the guards at their posts outside the gates, but when we opened it we found no one inside.” —Acts 5:23 Listen to the guards talking outside the prison walls… “Have you seen him
CULTURE WARS – One Bread, One Body, Apr 29, 2014
St. Catherine of Siena Acts 4:32-37 | Psalm 93:1-2, 5 | John 3:7-15 “The community of believers were of one heart and one mind. None of them ever claimed anything as his own; rather, everything was held in common.” —Acts 4:32 Jesus is praying that we would be one as He and the Father are one, so that the world will believe the Father has sent Him (Jn 17:21).
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Easter Cycle C
1st Reading – Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 Last week we heard how the Apostles began to minister to the people in the sameway that Jesus had done. This week we hear of the persecution the apostles enduredbecause of their ministry. The Episcopalians and Lutherans last week heard of both theministry and the persecution and this week […]