"NO OTHER GODS" – One Bread, One Body, May 19, 2014
Acts 14:5-18 | Psalm 115:1-4, 15-16 | John 14:21-26 “They shouted frantically, ‘We are only men, human like you.’ ” —Acts 14:15 The first and most basic temptations are to try to be like gods (Gn 3:5), or even to try to be gods. For example, Peter refused to be treated like a god (Acts 10:26), while Herod accepted the title “god” (Acts 12:22-23)
IDENTIFICATION PAPERS – One Bread, One Body, May 15, 2014
St. Isidore the Farmer (USA) Acts 13:13-25 | Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25-27 | John 13:16-20 “I solemnly assure you, no slave is greater than his master; no messenger outranks the one who sent him.” —John 13:16 The Lord has called us to be His messengers, even His ambassadors (2 Cor 5:20)
CLUED IN TO THE SPIRIT – One Bread, One Body, May 12, 2014
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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).
THE RESURRECTION DESERT – One Bread, One Body, May 8, 2014
Acts 8:26-40 | Psalm 66:8-9, 16-17, 20 | John 6:44-51 “Head south toward the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route.” —Acts 8:26 We’ve just spent forty days fasting in the Lenten desert, in imitation of Jesus’ forty-day desert fast (Mt 4:1-2). Now Jesus is risen, and we celebrate the season of Easter, a fifty-day Sunday of feasting and rejoicing. Yet, like Philip, some of …