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
DOCILE OR NOT? – One Bread, One Body, Jun 8, 2014
Pentecost Acts 2:1-11 | 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 | Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34 | John 20:19-23 “Then He breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ ” —John 20:22 Most of us reading this reflection are baptized and confirmed Catholics. We went to Mass today and possibly have been praying the Pentecost novena for the past nine days in imitation of the very first Novena ever prayed (see Acts 1:4; 2:1).