ACTS OF APOSTLES – One Bread, One Body, Jun 7, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 9 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 | Psalm 11:4-5, 7 | John 21:20-25 “Your business is to follow Me.” —John 21:22 Today, on the last day of our novena to the Holy Spirit and the next to last day of the Easter season, we read the last words of the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of John . May today be the last time we refuse to act on God’s …
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MEN – One Bread, One Body, Jun 5, 2014
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June 8th 2014 – Pentecost Sunday
Listen Here! A Mighty Wind Readings: Acts 2:1-11 Psalm 104:1,24,29-31,34 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13 John 20:19-23 The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. The Jewish feast of Pentecost called all devout Jews to Jerusalem to celebrate their birth as God’s chosen people, in the covenant Law given to Moses at Sinai (see Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-11). In today’s First Reading the mysteries prefigured in that feast are fulfilled in the pouring out of the Spirit on Mary and the Apostles (see Acts 1:14)
UNQUESTIONABLE FAITH – One Bread, One Body, Jun 2, 2014
Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, Pentecost Novena – Day 4 Acts 19:1-8 | Psalm 68:2-7 | John 16:29-33 “Do you really believe?” —John 16:31 Twelve men of Ephesus claimed to be believers (see Acts 19:2)
VISITING HOURS – One Bread, One Body, May 31, 2014
Visitation of Mary, Pentecost Novena – Day 2 Zephaniah 3:14-18 or Romans 12:9-16 | Isaiah 12:2-6 | Luke 1:39-56 “Be not discouraged!” —Zephaniah 3:16 Recently, I was hospitalized for a short time.