13th Week: June 27- July 2:
June 27 Monday (St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor of the Church)
13th Week: June 27- July 2:
June 27 Monday (St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor of the Church)
Greeting
May the Lord stand by you and give you power. May he rescue you from all evil and bring you safely to his kingdom. May he always be with you.
13th Week, Monday, June 27
Amos 2:6-11, 13-16 / Matthew 8:18-22
Amos prophesies in Israel: “You trample on the poor!”
Greetings (See Second Reading)
Christ has called us to freedom, to serve God and one another. May his liberating Spirit be always with you. R/ And also with you.
12th Week, Saturday, June 25
Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 / Matthew 8:5-17
Jerusalem’s glory is gone: The nation, king, and Temple lay in ruins.
“My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year”. Yes, the American little boy Nicholas’s heart was beating in someone else' body in Italy for more than 25 years after his death.
12th Week, Thursday, June 23
2 Kings 24:8-17 / Matthew 7:21-29
Babylon attacks Judah the first time: Many Jews were led into exile.
12th Week: June 20-25:
June 20 Monday:
The context: In today’s passage, taken from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus condemns our careless, malicious, and rash judgments about others’ feelings, motives, behavior, or actions.