THE GIFT OF TEARS – One Bread, One Body, Jun 4, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 6 Acts 20:28-38 | Psalm 68:29-30, 33-36 | John 17:11-19 “They began to weep without restraint.” —Acts 20:37 If you receive the Holy Spirit in this Pentecost novena, you will probably feel both more joyful and more sorrowful than ever before. St. Paul, in his life in the Spirit, proclaimed and commanded: “Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again.
GETTING INTO TROUBLE – One Bread, One Body, Jun 3, 2014
St. Charles Lwanga & Companions, Pentecost Novena – Day 5 Acts 20:17-27 | Psalm 68:10-11, 20-21 | John 17:1-11 “The Holy Spirit has been warning me from city to city that chains and hardships await me.” —Acts 20:23 The Holy Spirit repeatedly warned St
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)
THE INCARNATION AND THE CHURCH – One Bread, One Body, Jun 1, 2014
Ascension of the Lord, Pentecost Novena – Day 3 Acts 1:1-11 | Ephesians 1:17-23 | Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9 | Matthew 28:16-20 “No sooner had He said this than He was lifted up before their eyes in a cloud which took Him from their sight.” —Acts 1:9 Jesus’ Ascension seemed to have ended our time to benefit from His Incarnation. We could no longer see God face to face, hear Him, and touch Him
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.