Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restJesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him.
… Read the restBrothers and sisters: I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.
… Read the restI consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. For
10th Week in Ordinary Time, Monday (Year I)
2 Corinthians 1:1-7; Matthew 5:1-12
A single teardrop from God could wash away the sins of the world, but the Father gave his only-begotten Son to the last drop of blood.
… Read the restBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement, who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 9:22-25
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
Genesis 2:15 (RSV)
Adam, priest and king of the Lord’s garden sanctuary, had the duty “to till it and keep it.” … Read the rest
25th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
… Read the restVanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! …The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor is the ear satisfied with hearing.
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Acts 12:1-11; Psalm 34; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18; Matthew 16:13-19
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
At these words of Peter, an invisible bolt of lightning struck the stage of the world drama and lit it from end to end.… Read the rest