Today’s first reading is about the leaders of the Jewish people trying to hush the apostles’ Good News by arresting them, but angels came behind the locked cells and freed them. In the gospel, the famous verse, John 3:16, but it goes on to say that Jesus came to save us and be the light in the darkness of sin that we live in. Be the light! It is still the Easter season! Amen! Alleluia! Jesus is risen!
Today’s first reading is from Wisdom and is the foretelling of the people condemning the just one, Jesus. In the psalm, it talks about the just, that they will be persecuted, but no bones will be broken, again a foretelling of Jesus. In the gospel, the people will try to find a way to condemn…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121624.cfm In today’s first reading, another prophet says prepare for the coming of the Lord. “I see him, though not now; I behold him, though not near: A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall rise from Israel.” In the gospel, the chief priests and elders questioned the authority of Jesus preaching in…
Today’s first reading is God telling Abraham of the new covenant He has with him. That his descendants will be as many as the stars in the sky. Why would you think this is important during Lent? Jesus talks about it in the gospel today. He first says whoever keeps my word will never see…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/103024.cfm Today’s first reading continues from yesterday’s discussion on love. Yesterday it was wives and husbands. Today, Paul focuses on children/parents and slaves/masters. Everybody should just love, honor, respect each other. Amen! In the gospel, the crowd is hanging onto every word Jesus has to say. One in the crowd asked how many were to…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072424.cfm In today’s first reading, the start of Jeremiah’s journey, the Bible said before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. So comforting that God knows us and is with us. Amen! In the gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the sower and the seed. The seed is the word of God and…
It is the seventh week of Easter, but some churches celebrate the Ascension of the Lord which is actually on Thursday before. The first reading is the beginning of Acts and Luke accounts the life, death, resurrection and ascension. The second reading “The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all…
