Tagged: Bible Reading & Meditation
“Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off from the land of the living.” —Jeremiah 11:19 Mass Readings: April 1 First: Acts 3:11-26;Resp: Psalm 8:2,5-9; Gospel: Luke 24:35-48 The Lord informed Jeremiah (Jer 11:18) “of the evil done by the house of Israel and by the house of Judah” (Jer 11:17). Yet Jeremiah did not realize “that they were hatching plots against” him (Jer 11:19). Like Jeremiah, we know we live in a culture of death. We know that sin is not only committed but glorified. We even know that we have enemies and persecutors....
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“Many are the troubles of the just man, but out of them all the Lord delivers him.” –Psalm 34:20 Mass Readings: March 31 First: Acts 3:1-10; Resp: Psalm 105:1-4,6-9; Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 Our trials, rather than being wasted time and experiences that keep us from being fruitful for Jesus, are actually a means to purify us and make us more fruitful disciples. “There is cause for rejoicing here. You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, which is more precious than the passing splendor of fire-tried gold, may...
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“Search the Scriptures.” –John 5:39 Mass Readings: March 30 First: Acts 2:36-41; Resp: Psalm 33:4-5,18-20,22; Gospel: John 20:11-18 You are reading this book, One Bread, One Body, to “search the Scriptures in which you think you have eternal life” (Jn 5:39). You are right in your belief that the Scriptures will lead you to eternal life. “These [things] have been recorded to help you believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, so that through this faith you may have life in His name” (Jn 20:31). “If you believed Moses,” that is, the first part of the Bible,...
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“I solemnly assure you, the man who hears My word and has faith in Him Who sent Me possesses eternal life.” –John 5:24 Mass Readings: March 29 First: Acts 2:14,22-33;Resp: Psalm 16:1-2,5,7-11;Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15 We have been given the greatest treasure: eternal life in Jesus, Who is the Resurrection and the Life (Jn 11:25), our Lord, Savior, and God. Because we have been given the greatest treasure – eternal life through faith – we have the greatest responsibility. “When much has been given a man, much will be required of him” (Lk 12:48). If we love people, we must tell...
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“I saw water flowing.” –Ezekiel 47:1 Mass Readings: March 28 First: Acts 10:34,37-43; Resp: Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; Second: Colossians 3:1-4; Gospel: John 20:1-9 Water trickled “from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east” (Ez 47:1). This trickle became a great river which emptied into the sea and made the salt waters fresh (Ez 47:8-9). Wherever this river flowed, it brought abundant life (Ez 47:12). In today’s psalm, the psalmist refers to “a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God” (Ps 46:5). Because God is present in His city and at this stream, this stream is a river of...
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