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

LOVE-PENTECOST – One Bread, One Body, Jun 6, 2014

St. Norbert, Pentecost Novena – Day 8 Acts 25:13-21 | Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 | John 21:15-19 “A third time Jesus asked him, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love Me?’ ” —John 21:17 As we draw near to the conclusion of the Pentecost Novena and to the celebration of Pentecost in this year of the Great Jubilee, Jesus simply and repeatedly asks us: “Do you love Me?” We have come to Jesus; we pray; we go to Mass. Of course, we …

TRYING, FAILING, AND LEARNING – One Bread, One Body, May 28, 2014

Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 | Psalm 148:1-2, 11-14 | John 16:12-15 “When they heard about the raising of the dead, some sneered, while others said, ‘We must hear you on this topic some other time.’ ” —Acts 17:32 When Paul spoke of Jesus and the resurrection to the people of Athens, they called him a “magpie” (Acts 17:18), sneered at him, and brushed him off (Acts 17:32). However, a few became believers (Acts 17:34). As we read through Acts of the …