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IMPOSSIBLE CHRISTIANITY - One Bread, One Body

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:09:00 CST

14th Sunday Ordinary Time
Zechariah 9:9-10 | Romans 8:9, 11-13 | Psalm 145 | Matthew 11:25-30

"Come to Me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you." —Matthew 11:28

The Lord has made living the Christian life humanly impossible. We must be made perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect (Mt 5:48). We must become holy in every aspect of our conduct (1 Pt 1:15) or we will not see God (Heb 12:14), that is, we ... More

SKINNED ALIVE - One Bread, One Body

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:09:00 CST

St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
Amos 9:11-15 | Psalm 85 | Matthew 9:14-17

"No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and in that way both are preserved." —Matthew 9:17

Many Christians have had an outpouring of the new wine of fasting, gifts of the Spirit, Christian community, evangelization, etc. The aftermath of some of these experiences was not good. People's lives were disrupted and the new wine lost (Mt ... More

VIVE LA DIFFERENCE! - One Bread, One Body

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:09:00 CST

St. Elizabeth of Portugal
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 | Psalm 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131 | Matthew 9:9-13

"When will the new moon be over?" —Amos 8:5

Like worshippers in Amos' time, many of today's worshippers think: "When will church be over? Then I can:

watch the ball games,
go see a movie,
tell my neighbor how much I dislike my priest's homilies,
get ... More

LIKE A ROCK - One Bread, One Body

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:09:00 CST

St. Thomas
Ephesians 2:19-22 | Psalm 117 | John 20:24-29

"You form a building which rises on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the Capstone." —Ephesians 2:20

The Lord specializes in making shaky, unstable, and doubting people into "living stones" (1 Pt 2:5) with rock-like faith, transforming them into pillars of the Church. For instance, Jesus came to doubting Thomas, and before long Thomas was ... More

CHRISTLESS NEIGHBORHOODS - One Bread, One Body

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:09:00 CST

Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 | Psalm 50 | Matthew 8:28-34

"They begged Him to leave their neighborhood." —Matthew 8:34

Jesus has been thrown out of many neighborhoods, as He was thrown out of the town near the Gadarene boundary. He usually gets thrown out for "disturbing the war" instead of "disturbing the peace." Jesus comes into a neighborhood and calls us to ... More

ALLS - One Bread, One Body

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:09:00 CST

Bl. Junipero Serra
Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 | Psalm 5 | Matthew 8:23-27

" 'What sort of man is this,' they said, 'that even the winds and the sea obey Him?' " —Matthew 8:27

Jesus is all-knowing. "If evil befalls a city, has not the Lord caused it?" (Am 3:6) Although the good God is not the immediate cause of evil, He permits it and is aware of it. God knows everything.

Jesus is all-revealing. "Indeed, the ... More

"BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS"(1 Cor 15:33) - One Bread, One Body

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:09:00 CST

First Martyrs of Rome
Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 | Psalm 50 | Matthew 8:18-22

"When you see a thief, you keep pace with him, and with adulterers you throw in your lot." —Psalm 50:18

Not many of us run the streets with thieves and adulterers (Ps 50:18) or take our children to participate in immoral activities (Am 2:7-8). Yet before we dismiss the above passage as irrelevant to our lives, let us examine who we let into our ... More