HIT THE ROAD – One Bread, One Body, May 9, 2014
Acts 9:1-20 | Psalm 117:1-2 | John 6:52-59 “I have been sent by the Lord Jesus Who appeared to you on the road.” —Acts 9:17, our transl. Saul went to Jerusalem and then to Damascus to arrest those who were “living according to the new way” (Acts 9:2)
TRUTH-LOVE – One Bread, One Body, May 6, 2014
Acts 7:51—8:1 | Psalm 31:3-4, 6-8, 17, 21 | John 6:30-35 “Those who listened to his words were stung to the heart.” —Acts 7:54 St. Stephen was an in-your-face, confrontational preacher. He called his Jewish listeners “stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears” (Acts 7:51)
WHY ME, OR WHY I? – One Bread, One Body, May 5, 2014
Acts 6:8-15 | Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 | John 6:22-29 “I assure you, you are not looking for Me because you have seen signs but because you have eaten your fill of the loaves.” —John 6:26 The crowd asked Jesus: ” When did You come here?” (Jn 6:25) They meant: ” How did you come here?” However, Jesus answered neither of their questions. Instead, Jesus posed His own question: “Why did the crowd come here?” Jesus …
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