This passage narrates an extremely important event: the reconstituting of the people of Israel after their return from exile. It was a new beginning for Israel.
2nd Week: Jan 17-22
Jan 17 Monday (St. Anthony, Abbot):
The context: Today’s Gospel passage gives Jesus’ reply to the question raised, perhaps by some well-meaning Pharisees, disciples of John the Baptist, asking why Jesus’ disciples ate and drank and feasted, while they (John the Baptist’s disciples), and the Pharisees in general, fasted and prayed. Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving were the three cardinal religious practices — the “good deeds”– of Jewish religious life.
1st Week: Jan 10-15:
1st Week: Jan 10-15:
Jan 10 Monday:
The context: Today’s Gospel describes the beginning of Jesus’ preaching and healing ministry and the call of the apostles who were to continue that ministry.
January 8: Saturday after Epiphany
January 8: Saturday after Epiphany
1 John 5:14-21 / John 3:22-30
God hears our prayers; We should pray for sinners.
January 10: 1st Week, Monday, Plus Liturgy
1 Samuel 1: 1-8; Mark 1:14-20
*Hannah is barren: Her rival made her burden heavier. *
Jay Kesler tells this story in his book Growing Places. Late one night he was walking down a street in India. A boy with no legs hobbled up on crutches and asked for money. Jay obliged him generously. Jay turned and continued his walk. He hadn’t gone ten steps when he heard a terrible racket.
*Hannah is barren: Her rival made her burden heavier. *
Jay Kesler tells this story in his book Growing Places. Late one night he was walking down a street in India. A boy with no legs hobbled up on crutches and asked for money. Jay obliged him generously. Jay turned and continued his walk. He hadn’t gone ten steps when he heard a terrible racket.
January 14: 1st Week, Friday & Liturgy
1 Sam 8:4-7, 10-22 / Mark 2:1-12
The Israelites demand a king: God told Samuel to anoint a king.
The Israelites demand a king: God told Samuel to anoint a king.
January 7: Friday after Epiphany
January 7: Friday after Epiphany
1 John 5:5-13 / Luke 5:12-16
Jesus is the Son of God; Water, blood, and Spirit testify
to Jesus.
New Year: Prayer Service
Prayer Service
Light and peace in Jesus Christ!
Thanks be to God!
“ ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8)
Alleluia!!
January 3-8: After Epiphany
3 Monday (The Most Holy Name of Jesus):
The context: Today’s Gospel describes the beginning of Jesus’ mission of preaching and healing in Galilee, an ideal spot because it was the most fertile land in Palestine and well-populated with 204 villages around the Sea of Galilee housing Jews and Gentiles. The Jews there largely belonged to the tribes of Asher, Naphtali, and Zebulon. The people were open to new ideas because they had been exposed to various religious beliefs and the culture of traders from all over the known world.
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