July 11, 2024 Memorial of Saint Benedict, abbot

I am going to mass on Saturday and that is why this post is early. In the first reading we receive the covenant of God and his people after the great flood. The promise is shown to us in the beauty of a rainbow 🌈. The second reading is just so beautiful: 1 Pt 3:18-22…

OT means ordinary time. Today’s reading are repeats of recent daily mass readings, so I have already reflected on Samuel being called by God and Andrew and Peter following Jesus. The only other reading is 1 Corinthians 6 13c-15a, 17-20 It says to avoid immorality which is sinning against the body. Your body is a…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061924.cfm Today’s first reading Elijah is taken up to heaven, body and soul. He doesn’t die. He asked Elisha what he wanted before he departed and Elisha said he wanted twice Elijah’s spirit. After Elijah departed, Elisha was able to part the Jordan river and cross on dry land. In the gospel, Jesus told his…

Today’s first reading is of Ezekiel asking a widow for water and bread. She says her flour and oil are running dry. He says that the Lord will provide and the jar of flour and jug of oil won’t run empty until the rains come. She was able to eat for a year. In the…

https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading Today’s first reading is by Proverbs saying Wisdom has built her house and says come eat of my food. The responsorial psalm, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord The second reading, “try to understand what is the will of the Lord. Be filled with the Spirit, giving thanks always and for everythingin…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092624.cfm Today’s first reading is from Ecclesiastes and some had said that Solomon wrote it, but scholars believe not. It opens with “vanity of all vanities” mostly to focus on the meaning of life. But we need to focus on a life with God. With God all things are possible. Amen! In the gospel, it…