August 1, 2009. The featured speakers this year include Michael Cumbie,
Dan Schneider, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk and Archbishop Dennis Schnurr.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009, Second Sunday of Easter, Mercy Sunday
Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 5:1-6, Psalm 118, John 20:19-31
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/nab/041909.shtml
THE RESURRECTION COMMUNITY
"The community of believers were of one heart and one mind. None of them
ever claimed anything as his own; rather, everything was held in
common." —Acts 4:32
If we have everything in common with others, except our faith in the risen
Christ, we are alien to each other. If we live in almost totally different
worlds but have one thing in common, our faith in the risen Christ, then
we are brothers and sisters, members of Christ's body.
Believing in and living for the risen Christ means more than everything
else put together. For example, an elderly, affluent Christian business
person will have a deeper sense of community with a young, impoverished,
Tanzanian, Christian farmer than with non-Christian business partners.
Our faith in the risen Christ should motivate us to want to share daily
community life with others who have also been transformed by the risen
Jesus. We want to share the Bible, the Eucharist, time, prayer, material
possessions, and meals (see Acts 2:42-46). Because we share a faith in the
risen Christ, we want to share even "our very lives" (1 Thes 2:8).
The normal desire for community life with those who also believe in the
risen Christ is stifled by sin, unforgiveness, fear, and doubt. In this
state, we have more in common with the secular world than with believers
in the risen Christ. We must believe, repent, and then live the normal,
radical, risen community life called for by faith in the risen Christ.
Prayer: "Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, He Who in
His great mercy gave us new birth; a birth unto hope which draws its life
from the resurrection of Jesus Christ" (1 Pt 1:3).
Promise: "Receive the Holy Spirit." —Jn 20:22
Praise: Praise Jesus, Whose love and mercy has conquered both sin and
sinner!
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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from April
1, 2009 through May 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, October 3, 2008
The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be
free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or
statements expressed.
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