SUNDAY AFTERNOONS – One Bread, One Body, May 4, 2014
Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 22-33 | 1 Peter 1:17-21 | Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11 | Luke 24:13-35 “Were not our hearts burning inside us as He talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?” —Luke 24:32 On the afternoon of His resurrection, Jesus walked about seven miles with two of His disciples and “interpreted for them every passage of Scripture which referred to Him” (Lk 24:27). He did this even though His last three years of teaching the ..
GROWING PAINS – One Bread, One Body, May 3, 2014
Sts. Philip & James 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 | Psalm 19:2-5 | John 14:6-14 “If you really knew Me…” —John 14:7 As soon as Jesus called Philip, Philip followed Jesus (Jn 1:43). Then Philip became an evangelist and told Nathanael about Jesus (Jn 1:45).
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