Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restAfter six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then
… Read the restNow Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.
The baby shall play by the viper’s den,
Isaiah 11:8
and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.
In the New Jerusalem, fear will have no corner to lurk where there is no night and no darkness (Revelation 21:25).… Read the rest
… Read the restJoin with others in being imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. For
… Read the restI have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
… Read the restFrom Mount Hor they set out by way of the Red Sea, to bypass the land of Edom, but the people’s patience was worn out by the journey; so the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, where there is no food or water?
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
When this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:Death is swallowed up in victory.
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
It is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. But
24th Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)
1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.… Read the rest