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Today’s first reading is Amaziah telling Amos to leave the area and not prophesy. Amos tells him that his wife will become a harlot and his children will die by the sword.
In the gospel, a paralytic is healed by Jesus. Jesus said is it better to say I forgive your sins or arise and walk? People were saying He was blasphemous. But they were astonished by the miracle.
Come Holy Spirit!
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070524.cfm Today’s first reading is still Amos trying to warn the people of the wrath of God for the sinfulness. He said that the people will yearn for the word of God that will be taken from them. I wish more people today would yearn for the word. There are two meanings for the word….
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…
This is also Ascension Thursday, but my church is observing it on Sunday. Today’s first reading is of Paul visiting Corinth. The Jews reject his teaching so he dusts off his sandals and goes to the gentiles. He converts many to Christianity. In the gospel, it is written three times, “A little while and you…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080324.cfm Today’s first reading is about the persecution of Jeremiah. He speaks badly about the people and they want to kill him. At that time, he convinces them that the Lord sent him and it is only the word of the Lord that he preaches. The leaders protect him from death. In the gospel, the…
Today’s first reading is an account of the beginning of the church. People believed in the apostles, Jesus, and the Bible. They sold their possessions and gave to the “church”. In the gospel, Jesus I spoke to Nicodemus. He said that those who do not listen to those things of the world and believe, how…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080824.cfm In today’s first reading, God talks of a new covenant for His people. Not like the ones so easily broken. He is talking about the living covenant, Jesus. In the gospel, Jesus asks the apostles “who do you say I am?” Peter said “You are the Christ, the Son of God” Jesus then gives…
