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
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
THE GIFT OF TEARS – One Bread, One Body, Jun 4, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 6 Acts 20:28-38 | Psalm 68:29-30, 33-36 | John 17:11-19 “They began to weep without restraint.” —Acts 20:37 If you receive the Holy Spirit in this Pentecost novena, you will probably feel both more joyful and more sorrowful than ever before. St. Paul, in his life in the Spirit, proclaimed and commanded: “Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again.
VISITING HOURS – One Bread, One Body, May 31, 2014
Visitation of Mary, Pentecost Novena – Day 2 Zephaniah 3:14-18 or Romans 12:9-16 | Isaiah 12:2-6 | Luke 1:39-56 “Be not discouraged!” —Zephaniah 3:16 Recently, I was hospitalized for a short time.