𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟗:𝟏-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟕:𝟏𝐛𝐜, 𝟐 “𝐆𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟔:𝟓𝟐-𝟓𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟓𝟒) For those of you who have been religiously foll

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟖:𝟐𝟔-𝟒𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟔𝟔:𝟖-𝟗, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐨𝐲.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟒𝟒-𝟓𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟒𝟖) Today’s Gospel passage that we read in 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟒𝟒-𝟓𝟏 is one of the most theologically-rich part of the Bread of Life

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟕:𝟓𝟏-𝟖:𝟏𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟏:𝟑𝐜𝐝-𝟒, 𝟔-𝟕𝐛, 𝟖𝐚, 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟏𝐚𝐛 “𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟑𝟎-𝟑𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞…” (𝐯.𝟑𝟓) The stubbornness of the Jews is clearly visible in today’s Gospel passage as they press on Jes

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟔:𝟖-𝟏𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟗:𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟎 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝!” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟗) When I was preparing this reflection on 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟗, I pictured myself as

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐:𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟐-𝟑𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟔:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟓, 𝟕-𝟏𝟏 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝟏:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟏 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟒:𝟏𝟑-𝟑𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬?” (𝐯.𝟑𝟐) Have you ever wondered why there are

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟔:𝟏-𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟑:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟒-𝟓, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟗 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐈; 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟎) Today’s Gospel reading in 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟏 is a very interesting passage to re

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟓:𝟑𝟒-𝟒𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟕:𝟏, 𝟒, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟒 “𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟔:𝟏-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟐) Celebrities, business elites, big corporations and anyone who has money to spend are known to have

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟓:𝟐𝟕-𝟑𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟒:𝟐-𝟗, 𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟎 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟑:𝟑𝟏-𝟑𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟔) Many of us who were growing up were fascinated by a poem in our literature class in high

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟓:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟒:𝟐-𝟗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟑:𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝…” (𝐯.𝟏𝟗) There are two images that we all need to carve in our hearts and minds. These two images can help us a lot when we find ours

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟒:𝟑𝟐-𝟑𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟑:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟓 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠; 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟑:𝟕-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟓) Today’s Gospel passage reminds me of the time some years back when we wen

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟒:𝟐𝟑-𝟑𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐:𝟏-𝟗 “𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟑:𝟏-𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟕) Even when I was already in the renewal, there were many times when I find myself in situations when my former self wants to do

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐:𝟒𝟐-𝟒𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟖:𝟐-𝟒, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟒 “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝟏:𝟑-𝟗 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝟗-𝟑𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟗) People normally believe what th

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟒:𝟏𝟑-𝟐𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟖:𝟏, 𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟏 “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟏𝟔:𝟗-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟒:𝟏-𝟏𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟖: 𝟏-𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟕𝐚 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟐𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟕) Every person born into this world has a purpose and it is up to yo

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟑:𝟏𝟏-𝟐𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖:𝟐𝐚𝐛, 𝟓-𝟗 “𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟒:𝟑𝟓-𝟒𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟔) Do you still remember how your teacher in the history class introduced you to your

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟑:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟓:𝟏-𝟗 “𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐎 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟒:𝟏𝟑-𝟑𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬…?” (𝐯.𝟑𝟐) A lot of people are walking nowadays not just as an exercise but to add years to thei

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐:𝟑𝟔-𝟒𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟑:𝟒-𝟓, 𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟐 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝!” (𝐯.𝟏𝟖) What makes the Sacred Scriptures an interesting and exciting book to hold in your hand a

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟐:𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟐-𝟑𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟔:𝟏-𝟐𝐚, 𝟓, 𝟕-𝟏𝟏 “𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐎 𝐆𝐨𝐝; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟖:𝟖-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟖) When you read this Gospel passage or any scripture passage for that matter, one of the most meaningfu

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐀𝐜 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟒𝐚, 𝟑𝟕-𝟒𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟖: 𝟏-𝟐, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟑 “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞; 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫 𝟓:𝟔𝐛-𝟖 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟐𝟎: 𝟏-𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟖) The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ w

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃’𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟐:𝟏𝟑 – 𝟓𝟑:𝟏𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟏: 𝟐, 𝟔, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟓 “𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐇𝐞𝐛 𝟒:𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔; 𝟓:𝟕-𝟗 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟖:𝟏-𝟏𝟗, 𝟒𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟎) D