Journey to Wholeness
The shepherd’s staff: apostles sent with authority, yet empty-handed, guided by Christ’s rod alone.
… Read the restAnd he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
On the feast of Saints Simon and Jude, let us contemplate the image of the Church as living stones built upon Christ the cornerstone.… Read the rest
… Read the restSince many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.
… Read the restAs he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He
4th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year I)
Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34
… Read the restThe apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”
14th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)
Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Matthew 10:1-7
If they would say, “We have no king”— Since they do not fear the LORD, what can the king do for them? (Hosea 10:3)
About three hundred years after the launch of the Kingship Experiment, Hosea published the results: despair and helplessness. … Read the rest