May 24, 2024 Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

I always think of January 6th as Epiphany but this year it is January 7th. I will wait until tomorrow. Today’s readings focus on my word of the year, “proclaim”. In 1Jn, God is proclaiming about His Son, that he gave us eternal life through the Son. It also states that those who believe in…

Today’s first reading is telling the account of Saul/Paul following the Holy Spirit and going out to preach the gospel to the world! There was prayer and fasting. In the gospel , Jesus says He is the light in the darkness of the world. He didn’t come to condemn, but to save the world. He…

Today’s first reading is the story of Jonah proclaiming (my word of the year) that God is going to punish Nineveh for the evils of that town. Then the king of Nineveh proclaims that everyone put on sackcloth and fast and maybe the Lord will not destroy them. Since they repented, God did not destroy…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072524.cfm Today’s first reading said we will die, but through our faith and God’s grace we will join Jesus in heaven. Amen! In the gospel, the sons of Zebedee wish to sit at the right and left of Jesus in His kingdom. Jesus said that that is not for Him to give. He said that…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070324.cfm Today’s first reading is Paul telling us that we are citizens of God built on the foundation of the apostles with Jesus as the capstone. This includes Thomas, one of the twelve apostles. In the gospel, Jesus appears to the twelve when Thomas is there and tells him to touch his wounds and believe….

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101324.cfm Today’s first reading is Solomon’s prayer for wisdom and guidance from the Lord. Don’t we all need wisdom and guidance from the triune God. I pray, Holy Spirit guide me! The second reading is telling us that God is always watching, the good and the bad. In the gospel, a man is full of…