Archive for June, 2008

June 29, 2008

Acts 12:1-11
The angel said to him, “Put on your belt and your sandals.”
He did so. Then he said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”
and from all that the Jewish people had been expecting.”
So he followed him out, not realizing that
what was happening through the angel was real;
he thought he was seeing a [...]

June 22, 2008

Jer. 20:10-13
All those who were my friends
are on the watch for any misstep of mine.
‘Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,
and take our vengeance on him.’
But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:
my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.
Mt. 10:26-33
Jesus said to the Twelve:
“Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will [...]

June 15, 2008

Ex 19:2-6a
Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant,
you shall be my special possession,
dearer to me than all other people,
though all the earth is mine.
You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.
Mt 9:36-10:8
Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,
“Do not go into pagan territory or enter [...]

June 8, 2008

Rom 4:18-25
Brothers and sisters:
Abraham believed, hoping against hope,
that he would become “the father of many nations,”
according to what was said, “Thus shall your descendants be.”
He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body
as already dead – for he was almost a hundred years old -
and the dead womb of Sarah.
He did not [...]

June 1, 2008

Dt 11:18, 26-28, 32
…Moses told the people,
“Take these words of mine into your heart and soul.
Bind them at your wrist as a sign,
and let them be a pendant on your forehead.”
Mt 7:21-27
…”Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.”
Feedings Our [...]