Today’s first reading is from Jeremiah. He speaks of God’s vengeance on those that persecute the just one. I think he is foretelling of Jesus. In the gospel, the Pharisees are arguing if Jesus is the Christ and want to arrest Jesus due to His authority when preaching in the synagogue. Nicodemus has to intervene to calm the Pharisees and they go to their own homes. Eventually they will arrest Jesus for NOTHING! Amen!
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111724.cfm Today’s first reading is from Daniel that predicts the coming of Jesus as the judgement day. The most striking verse is “some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace” In the second reading, Paul told the Hebrews that we have had the last sacrifice for sins and that is Jesus….
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102324.cfm Paul is still writing to the Ephesians to explain his call to preach to the gentiles. Let us all, Jews and gentiles, work together having faith in Jesus. In the gospel, Jesus still warns us to be alert for the coming of Christ. You don’t know the hour, are you prepared? Jesus said that…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072624.cfm Jeremiah, in the first reading, talks of the hope of the people returning to Jerusalem after the exile. Even though there are but a few remaining, they now enter back into the covenant with God, rebuilding their nation. In the gospel, after stating the parable of the sower and the seed, Jesus explained the…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082624.cfm Today’s first reading is back to the New Testament. Paul is elated by the faith of the Thessalonians and their perseverance through persecution. Keep the faith! In the gospel, Jesus tells of the first three of seven woes. From Living Space commentary: The Seven Woes are: Jesus keeps calling them hypocrites. Let’s review our…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110624.cfm In the first reading, Paul praises the new Christians for being obedient. He also said he shares his joy for the Lord with them even from prison. Paul prays that they would share their joy with him. In the gospel, Jesus states boldly how you must follow Him. Renounce all of you earthly possessions,…
Today’s readings are all about my word of the year, proclaim. In the first reading, either read Paul’s testimony or the actual accounting of Paul encountering Jesus on the road to Damascus where he is blinded by the light! It says after his conversion, he goes out to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues. The response…
