𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐𝟓:𝟏𝟑-𝟐𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟑:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟎” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟐𝟏:𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟗) “To each his own” is a phrase we often hear to refer to people who keep to themselves, who live in a world of th

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐𝟐:𝟑𝟎; 𝟐𝟑:𝟔-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟔:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟓, 𝟕-𝟏𝟏 “𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐎 𝐆𝐨𝐝; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟕:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) As we come to the end of this prayer of Jesus that appears only in the Gospel of John, it would

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐𝟎:𝟐𝟖-𝟑𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟔𝟖:𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟎, 𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟔 “𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐎 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟕:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟗) Even at the point when death beckons, we whom God had created in his own image and likeness rem

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟗:𝟏-𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟔𝟖:𝟐-𝟕 “𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐎 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟔:𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟑) The first time I encountered the word entrepreneur was during my Social Stud

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 (𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍) 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟕:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟔-𝟗 “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐄𝐩𝐡 𝟏:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟑 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟖:𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬…” (𝐯.𝟐𝟎) .

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟔:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟗:𝟏-𝟔, 𝟗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟓:𝟐𝟔𝐛-𝟏𝟔:𝟒𝐚 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “… 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.” (𝟏𝟔:𝟏) Regardless of your status in life, there will be times when you will find yourself in a hole since life is

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟖:𝟓-𝟖, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟔𝟔:𝟏-𝟕, 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐨𝐲.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐏𝐭 𝟑:𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟖 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟒:𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “… 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟏) There are at least two th

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝟏𝟔:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟎:𝟏𝐛-𝟑, 𝟓 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐨𝐲.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟓:𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟗) We all know that faith doesn’t grow on trees. It grows when you act upon it. But just like a tree

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟓:𝟐𝟐-𝟑𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟕: 𝟖-𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟐 “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟓:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟕 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟕) “It’s written all over your face.” This is an often-used idiom that reflects a person

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟓:𝟕-𝟐𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟔:𝟏-𝟑, 𝟏𝟎 “𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟓:𝟗-𝟏𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟏) In my old life, I always equated happiness with what was readily available in the material world

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟓:𝟏-𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟐𝟐:𝟏-𝟒𝐚𝐛, 𝟒𝐜𝐝-𝟓 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟓:𝟏-𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “..𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.” (𝐯.𝟓) I am sure many of you are familiar with the long-running TV reality show called “Who Wants To

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟒: 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟓: 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟑𝐚𝐛, 𝟐𝟏 “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟒: 𝟐𝟕-𝟑𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟕) What is peace? The common understanding of peace is the

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟒:𝟓-𝟏𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟓: 𝟏-𝟒, 𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟔 “𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟏𝟒: 𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) St. Paul in his

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟔:𝟏-𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟑 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐏𝐭 𝟐:𝟒-𝟗 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟒:𝟏-𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “… 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟐) In today’s Gospel reading we could feel the highly-charged atmosphe

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐓. 𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐔𝐒, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟑:𝟒𝟒-𝟓𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟖:𝟏-𝟒 “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟒:𝟕-𝟏𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟑) I’m pretty s

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟑:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐:𝟔-𝟏𝟏𝐚𝐛 “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟒:𝟏-𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝;” (𝐯.𝟏) There are many countries in the world today where all classes of laborers are celebrating this annual feast to ho

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟕:𝟏-𝟕 “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟎:𝟐𝟐-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞,” (𝐯.𝟐𝟖) Are promises meant to be broken? Ideally, it shouldn’t be. But that is what is happening today. In fact, you can say it has bec

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟐:𝟐-𝟑; 𝟒𝟑:𝟑-𝟒 “𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟎:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟏) The New American Bible (NAB) which is the Catholic translation that we Catholics officially use is like the Protestant versio

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐:𝟏𝟒, 𝟑𝟔-𝟒𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟑:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝; 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝟐:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟎:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞..” (𝐯.𝟏𝟎) For more than a week now I have be

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝟓:𝟒𝐛-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟗:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟔-𝟕, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟕 “𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟏𝟔:𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝” (𝐯.𝟏𝟔) THIS IS IT! For the Apostles, disciples w