Religion

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080424.cfm In the first reading, the Jews in the desert say Give us something to eat. God provides quail and bread from heaven. In the second reading, Paul says to forget your old self and focus on your new life in the Spirit. In the gospel, people following Jesus want more food, the never ending…

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…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080224.cfm Today’s first reading is an account of Jeremiah telling the people what God told him to tell them. There will be judgement for your sinfulness. The people want to kill Jeremiah. In the gospel, Jesus is at home and the people cannot comprehend the God part of Jesus. They see him as a man…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080124.cfm In today’s first reading the Lord sends Jeremiah to the potter to see him perfect his creation made with the clay. So is the Lord working on us, creator of the universe and man. In the gospel, Jesus again speaks of the kingdom of heaven. This time it is like a net cast into…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073124.cfm In today’s first reading Jeremiah is asking the Lord for relief. God told him, “If you repent, so that I restore you,in my presence you shall stand; For I am with you,to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD. I will free you from the hand of the wicked,and rescue you from the grasp…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073024.cfm Today’s first reading is Jeremiah viewing the destruction of man due to sin and pleading with God for relief. Do not forget our covenant! In the gospel, Jesus explained the parable of the weeds and the wheat. God provides the wheat which are the righteous people following God’s commandments. The devil sowed the weeds…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072924.cfm In today’s first reading, God is angry with Judah. He tells Jeremiah to bury a loincloth. It was destroyed. God said that would happen to Judah since they deny Him. In the gospel, there are two stories, both about Martha and Mary. When I attended two retreats with the Catholic Church, they had helpers…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072824.cfm In today’s first reading, Elisha feeds 100 with very little food and some was left over. As in the gospel, when Jesus fed the 5000, God provides! Amen In the second reading, Paul said live in a manner worthy to your calling. In the gospel, Jesus fed 5000 with very little food and some…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072724.cfm In the first reading, Jeremiah, led by God, tells the people that they are living by hypocrisy again. Sinning and then going to temple to be near the Lord. In the gospel, Jesus told the parable of the wheat and the weeds. An enemy sowed weeds into a farmer’s wheat crop. When the servants…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072624.cfm Jeremiah, in the first reading, talks of the hope of the people returning to Jerusalem after the exile. Even though there are but a few remaining, they now enter back into the covenant with God, rebuilding their nation. In the gospel, after stating the parable of the sower and the seed, Jesus explained the…