22nd Week, Saturday, Sept 6
Colossians 1:21-23 / Luke 6:1-5
Sin alienates us from God: Christ reconciled us back to God.
22nd Week, Saturday, Sept 6
Colossians 1:21-23 / Luke 6:1-5
Sin alienates us from God: Christ reconciled us back to God.
22nd Week, Friday, Sept 5
Colossians 1:15-20 / Luke 5:33-39
Christ is the visible likeness of God; God's fullness resides in Jesus
22nd Week, Thursday, Sept 4
Colossians 1:9-14 / Luke 5:1-11
Paul prays for the Colossians; Your knowledge of God will grow
22nd Week, Wednesday, Sept 3: Saint Gregory the Great
Colossians 1:1-8 / Luke 4:38-44
Paul rejoices in the Colossians; Their faith is bearing fruit.
22nd Week, Tuesday, Sept 2
1 Thess 5:1-6, 9-11 / Luke 4:31-37
Paul warns the Thessalonians; Don’t let the Lord’s coming surprise you.
22nd Week, Monday, Sept 1
1 Thess 4:13-18 / Luke 4:16-30
Paul talks about the Second Coming; The dead will rise to meet Jesus.
21st Week, Saturday, August 30
1 Thessalonians 4:9-12: Mt 25:14-30
Paul encourages the people to make even greater progress.
Aug 29: MARTYRDOM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Jeremiah 1:17-19; MK 6:17-29
God instructs Jeremiah; Stand up to evil and oppose it.
21st Week, Thursday, August 28; St. Augustine
1 Thess 3:7-13 / Matthew 24:42-51
Paul prays for the Thessalonians; May God make your love grow.
21st Week, Wednesday, August 27; St. Monica
1 Thess 2:9-13 / Matthew 23:27-32
Paul thanks God for the Thessalonians; They accepted his word as God's word.
2 Thess 2:1-3, 14-17 / Matthew 23:23-26
21st Week, Monday, August 25
1 Thes 1:2-5, 8-10 / Matthew 23:13-22
Paul rejoices over the Thessalonians; They turned to God.
Greeting
The Lord has gathered us here, however different we may be from one another, to become one in him and to be a sample of the unity in variety of the whole Church. May the one Lord of all unite us and be always with you. R/ And also with you.
20th Week, Saturday, August 23; Saint Rose of Lima
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17 / Matthew 23:1-12
Ruth marries Boaz; Ruth gives birth to David (Obed, father of Jesse, father of David)
20th Week, Thursday, August 21; Saint Pius X
God raises up a leader for Israel; He chose Jephthah, an outcast
20th Week, Wednesday, August 20: Saint Bernard
Judges 9:6-15 / Matthew 20:1-1620th Week, Tuesday, Aug 19; Saint John Eudes
Judges 6:11-24 / Matthew 19:23-30
Gideon protests; God's call to him; He said, "lam the lowest of the low. "
20th Week, Monday, August 18; St. Helena
Judges 2:11-19 / Matthew 19:16-22
Israel sins against God; They worshiped false gods.
Greeting (See Heb 3:14)
The Lord Jesus is here with us. We are all partners with him if we hold on to the trust we had in the beginning. May he always be with you. R/ And also with you.
August 16: 19th Week, Saturday
Joshua 24:14-29 / Matthew 19:13-15
Joshua confronts the people; "Decide whom you will serve."
19th Week, Thursday, August 14: Maximillian Kolbe
Joshua 3:7-11, 13-17 / Matthew 18:21 - 19:1
The Israelites cross over the Jordan; The waters backed up.
19th Week, Wednesday, August 13
Duet
34:1-12 / Matthew 18:15-20
Moses dies; "You shall not enter the land. "
19th Week, Tuesday: Deuteronomy 31:1-8;mt 18; 1-5, 10, 12-14
Moses continues his exhortation: "Fear not! The LORD marches with you."
19th Week, Monday, August 11; St. Clare
Deuteronomy 10:12-22 / Matthew 17:22-27
Moses exhorts the Israelites; “Befriend the alien.”
18th Week, Saturday, August 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Deut 6:4-13 / Matthew 17:14-20
Moses recites the Shema Israel; "Love the Lord with all your heart."