OUT OF ORDER? – One Bread, One Body, Apr 27, 2014
Second Sunday of Easter, Mercy Sunday Acts 2:42-47 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 | John 20:19-31 The brethren “devoted themselves to the apostles’ instruction and the communal life, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” —Acts 2:42 “In the first community of Jerusalem, believers ‘devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and the prayers.’ This sequence is characteristic of the Church’s prayer” ( Catechism, 2624 , … More
ONLY JESUS LOVES NOBODIES – One Bread, One Body, Apr 26, 2014
Easter Week Acts 4:13-21 | Psalm 118:1, 14-21 | Mark 16:9-15 “What shall we do with these men?” —Acts 4:15 Like the apostles in today’s Gospel reading, many Christians today are stubborn and lacking in faith (Mk 16:14). Like Peter and John, most Christians in the world are uneducated and unimportant by the world’s standards (Acts 4:13).
HEALING THE HANDICAPPED – One Bread, One Body, Apr 25, 2014
Easter Week Acts 4:1-12 | Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27 | John 21:1-14 “If we must answer today for a good deed done to a cripple and explain how he was restored to health, then you and all the people of Israel must realize that it was done in the name of Jesus Christ.” —Acts 4:9-10 “Many wonders and signs were performed by the apostles” after the first Pentecost (Acts 2:43). The few healings recounted in Acts of the Apostles were chosen to be proclaimed not just because they were healings, but because of their …