PREPARE THE WAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (see Lk 3:4) – One Bread, One Body, May 29, 2014

Acts 18:1-8 | Psalm 98:1-4 | John 16:16-20 “A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his whole household, put his faith in the Lord.” —Acts 18:8 Tomorrow begins the Pentecost Novena, nine days of intense prayer in preparation to receive the Holy Spirit in fullness at Pentecost. Today is the traditional feast of the Ascension of Jesus, Who left this earth in body and ascended to the right …

WHAT IS LOVE? – One Bread, One Body, May 23, 2014

Acts 15:22-31 | Psalm 57:8-10, 12 | John 15:12-17 “The command I give you is this, that you love one another.” —John 15:17 When the Lord says “I love you,” He doesn’t mean “I like you,” “I’m attracted to you,” or “I want to socialize with you.” When the Lord says “I love you,” He means “I have died for you.” “It is precisely in this that God proves His love for us: … More

HIT THE ROAD – One Bread, One Body, May 9, 2014

Acts 9:1-20 | Psalm 117:1-2 | John 6:52-59 “I have been sent by the Lord Jesus Who appeared to you on the road.” —Acts 9:17, our transl. Saul went to Jerusalem and then to Damascus to arrest those who were “living according to the new way” (Acts 9:2)

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter

Reading 1 acts 3:1-10 Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.