FOUND AND LOST? – One Bread, One Body, May 7, 2014
Acts 8:1-8 | Psalm 66:1-7 | John 6:35-40 “It is the will of Him Who sent Me that I should lose nothing of what He has given Me.” —John 6:39 “Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life” (Jn 6:40). God the Father wants all “to be saved and come to know the truth” (1 Tm 2:4). He even sent His Son Jesus to die …
May 11th 2014 – Fourth Sunday of Easter
Listen Here! What Are We to Do? Readings: Acts 2:14, 36-41 Psalm 23:1-6 1 Peter 2:20-25 John 10:1-10 Easter’s empty tomb is a call to conversion. By this tomb, we should know for certain that God has made Jesus both Lord and Messiah, as Peter preaches in today’s First Reading.
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 …
GROWING PAINS – One Bread, One Body, May 3, 2014
Sts. Philip & James 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 | Psalm 19:2-5 | John 14:6-14 “If you really knew Me…” —John 14:7 As soon as Jesus called Philip, Philip followed Jesus (Jn 1:43). Then Philip became an evangelist and told Nathanael about Jesus (Jn 1:45).
THE REVOLUTIONARY POWER OF THE CHURCH – One Bread, One Body, May 2, 2014
St. Athanasius Acts 5:34-42 | Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 | John 6:1-15 “Think twice about what you are going to do with these men.” —Acts 5:35 Gamaliel, a member of the Sanhedrin and a renowned teacher, considered it possible that Jesus and His disciples were from God (see Acts 5:39). He knew too that if they weren’t, they would destroy themselves (Acts 5:38), and so he concluded that …