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.
ONLY JESUS LOVES NOBODIES – One Bread, One Body, Apr 26, 2014
Easter Week Acts 4:13-21 | Psalm 118:1, 14-21 | Mark 16:9-15 “What shall we do with these men?” —Acts 4:15 Like the apostles in today’s Gospel reading, many Christians today are stubborn and lacking in faith (Mk 16:14). Like Peter and John, most Christians in the world are uneducated and unimportant by the world’s standards (Acts 4:13).
HEALING THE HANDICAPPED – One Bread, One Body, Apr 25, 2014
Easter Week Acts 4:1-12 | Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27 | John 21:1-14 “If we must answer today for a good deed done to a cripple and explain how he was restored to health, then you and all the people of Israel must realize that it was done in the name of Jesus Christ.” —Acts 4:9-10 “Many wonders and signs were performed by the apostles” after the first Pentecost (Acts 2:43). The few healings recounted in Acts of the Apostles were chosen to be proclaimed not just because they were healings, but because of their …
GO BACKWARD TO GO FORWARD – One Bread, One Body, Apr 23, 2014
Easter Week Acts 3:1-10 | Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9 | Luke 24:13-35 “They got up immediately and returned to Jerusalem.” —Luke 24:33 Acts of the Apostles was written over forty years after Jesus’ resurrection. By that time, some of the second generation Christians had lost their first love for the Lord (see Rv 2:4).
Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday MP3 His Mercy Endures Readings: Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 We are children of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead. Through this wondrous sign of His great mercy, the Father of Jesus has given us new birth, as we hear in today’s Epistle.