TREASURY BONDS – One Bread, One Body, Jun 20, 2014
2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 | Psalm 132:11-14, 17-18 | Matthew 6:19-23 “Make it your practice instead to store up heavenly treasure, which neither moths nor rust corrode nor thieves break in and steal.” —Matthew 6:20 Athaliah, the wicked queen of Israel, stored up earthly treasure.
STAYING POWER – One Bread, One Body, Jun 18, 2014
2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 | Psalm 31:20-21, 24 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 “You have asked for something that is not easy.” —2 Kings 2:10 Elijah was about to be taken up to God. Elisha, his successor, asked Elijah: “May I receive a double portion of your spirit?” (2 Kgs 2:9). Elijah told him that he had “asked for something that is not easy” (2 Kgs 2:10)
LORD, HAVE MERCY – One Bread, One Body, Jun 17, 2014
1 Kings 21:17-29 | Psalm 51:3-6, 11, 16 | Matthew 5:43-48 “Then the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, ‘Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before Me?’ ” —1 Kings 21:28-29 The Lord is so merciful that, when we even begin to repent, He pours out His merciful love.
June 22nd 2014 – The Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Listen Here! Word of the ‘Living Father’ Readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58 The Eucharist is given to us as a challenge and a promise. That’s how Jesus presents it in today’s Gospel. He doesn’t make it easy for those who hear Him.
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.