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WILD ABOUT WISDOM - One Bread, One Body

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:00 CST

1 Kings 3:4-13 | Psalm 119:9-14 | Mark 6:30-34

"God said, 'Ask something of Me and I will give it to you.' " —1 Kings 3:5

The Lord wants to lovingly provide for us and meet our needs, even more than we want them met. The Lord is especially generous and ungrudging in giving us wisdom (Jas 1:5). For instance, Solomon asked the Lord for a wise and understanding heart. ... More

HUMAN RIGHTS - One Bread, One Body

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:09:00 CST

St. Blase, St. Ansgar
Sirach 47:2-11 | Psalm 18:31, 47, 50-51 | Mark 6:14-29

"John had told Herod, 'It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife.' " —Mark 6:18

Like John the Baptizer, we need the love and courage to say:

"It is not right to have sexual relations outside of marriage."

"It is not right to abort babies."

"It is not right to have homosexual relations."

"It is not ... More

PERSEVERANCE AND THE PRESENTATION SPIRIT - One Bread, One Body

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:09:00 CST

Presentation of the Lord
Malachi 3:1-4 | Hebrews 2:14-18 | Psalm 24:7-10 | Luke 2:22-40

"He came to the temple now, inspired by the Spirit." —Luke 2:27

"The Holy Spirit was upon" Simeon (Lk 2:25). He had long awaited the consolation of Israel and the coming of the Messiah (Lk 2:25-26). The Holy Spirit had even revealed to Simeon that he would personally see the Christ before he died (Lk ... More

"THE WAGES OF SIN IS " (Rm 6:23) - One Bread, One Body

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:09:00 CST

2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 | Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7 | Mark 6:1-6

"I said, 'I confess my faults to the Lord,' and You took away the guilt of my sin." —Psalm 32:5

How bad is sin? Seventy-thousand people died during a three-day pestilence because of one of David's less serious sins (2 Sm 24:15). The sin of disbelief in Jesus resulted in many staying sick and only a few being healed when Jesus visited His ... More

RISK MANAGEMENT - One Bread, One Body

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:00 CST

St. John Bosco
2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30—19:3 | Psalm 86:1-6 | Mark 5:21-43

"One of the officials of the synagogue, a man named Jairus, came near. Seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet and made this earnest appeal." —Mark 5:22-23

Jairus was one of the leaders of the synagogue. It's possible it was Jairus' own synagogue in which Jesus stood in front of the congregation, challenged the synagogue leaders, and then healed a man with a withered hand (Mk 3:1ff). After this ... More

"I'LL RUN YOU OUT OF TOWN" - One Bread, One Body

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:09:00 CST

2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13 | Psalm 3:2-7 | Mark 5:1-20

Jesus "gave the word, and with it the unclean spirits came out." —Mark 5:13

Absalom ran his father, David, out of Jerusalem (2 Sm 15:14). Later, David's army defeated Absalom's troops and ran them out of Jerusalem.

Jesus ran a legion of demons out of Gerasene territory, but then the inhabitants of that land ran Jesus ... More

PROPHET-ABLE - One Bread, One Body

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:09:00 CST

4th Sunday Ordinary Time
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 | 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 | Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9 | Mark 1:21-28

"If a prophet presumes to speak in My name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die." —Deuteronomy 18:20

If prophets prophesy something God did not tell them to say, they shall die. This makes prophets feel like being quiet. However, if prophets "do not speak out to dissuade the wicked man from his way, he [the wicked man] shall die for his guilt, ... More