June 6, 2024 Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

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…

Today’s first reading tells of Saul/Paul preaching and even some wanted to kill him, but the church kept growing through the Holy Spirit. In the second reading, 1 Jn, we are told to obey the commandments and to love one another. In the gospel , Jesus says He is the vine and we are the…

Today’s first reading tells us to pray in the Holy Spirit. Also wait for the mercy of Jesus that will lead us to eternal life! Amen! In the gospel, they ask Jesus what authority He has to preach the way He does. Jesus asks them, “Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer…

I heard yesterday that the days after Ash Wednesday until Sunday don’t count as Lent, but you still observe the “no meat” on Friday? Today’s readings discuss fasting and that people said to Jesus “Why don’t your followers fast?” He says a time will come for fasting after He is taken from them. What an…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101124.cfm Paul discussed faith in Jesus in today’s first reading. You can’t go through life just following the rules and laws of the Bible and not have faith. Faith gets you to heaven. In the gospel, Jesus said that He is doing the will of the Father when He drives out demons, it is not…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071324.cfm Today’s first reading is about the call of Isaiah. He dreams of heaven and coming face to face with God. “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? Who will go for us? Here I am,” I said; “send me!” In the gospel, Jesus still tells the disciples how…