THE PENTECOST GUILT-TRIP – One Bread, One Body, May 11, 2014
Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 36-41 | 1 Peter 2:20-25 | Psalm 23:1-6 | John 10:1-10 “When they heard this, they were deeply shaken.” —Acts 2:37 There were two outpourings of the Holy Spirit at the first Christian Pentecost. At nine AM, one-hundred and twenty people received the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:15; 2:15).
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.
March 23rd 2014 – Third Sunday of Lent
Listen Here! Striking the Rock Readings: Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-15,19-26,39-42 The Israelites’ hearts were hardened by their hardships in the desert. Though they saw His mighty deeds, in their thirst they grumble and put God to the test in today’s First Reading – a crisis point recalled also in today’s Psalm
December 29th 2013 – Feast of the Holy Family
Listen Here! Saving Family Readings: Sirach 3:2-6,12-14 Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Colossians 3:12-21 Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 Underlying the wisdom offered in today’s Liturgy is the mystery of the family in God’s divine plan. The Lord has set father in honor over his children and mother in authority over her sons, we hear in today’s First Reading. As we sing in today’s Psalm, the blessings of the family flow from Zion, the heavenly mother of the royal people of God (see Isaiah 66:7,10-13; Galatians 4:26).
Catholic Mass Readings for Monday, April 22nd, 2013
First Reading Acts 11:1-18 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him, saying, ‘You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them.” Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying, “I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when in a trance I had a vision, something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered from the sky by its four corners, and it came to me. Looking intently into it, I observed and saw the four-legged animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.