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Saturday, April 22, 2023

SUNDAY AFTERNOONS - One Bread, One Body, 04/23/2023

For a limited time, we have many extra Spanish OBOB books (for this April/May) available to share with others in your parishes, laundry-mats, or nursing homes.
For getting extra OBOB books in Spanish, please call (513) 296-1380 or email jerrycappel@fuse.net with your request.
Please include the number of books you want along with the name and address for sending.
May God bless your efforts to evangelize!

Sunday, April 23, 2023, Third Sunday of Easter

Acts 2:14, 22-33
1 Peter 1:17-21
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11
Luke 24:13-35
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SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
"Were not our hearts burning inside us as He talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?" —Luke 24:32

On the afternoon of His Resurrection, Jesus walked about seven miles with two of His disciples and “interpreted for them every passage of Scripture which referred to Him” (Lk 24:27). He did this even though His last three years of teaching the apostles seemed ineffective, for they had abandoned Him when He was executed. As Jesus taught His two disciples, their hearts were burning and being purified (Lk 24:32). That evening of His Resurrection, Jesus continued His ministry of teaching by opening the apostles’ minds to the understanding of the Scriptures (Lk 24:45). Jesus’ teaching of the Scriptures eventually bore fruit at Pentecost.

Seven Sundays after the Sunday of Jesus’ Resurrection, Peter spent Sunday afternoon as Jesus had done on the Sunday of His Resurrection. Peter preached God’s Word from Joel 3, Psalm 16, and Psalm 110 (Acts 2:17ff, 25ff, 34). Hearts were burning, minds were opening, and the Church was being born.

The Church continues this pattern to the present day. As God’s Word is proclaimed, we recognize the risen Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit. Abide in God’s Word (Jn 8:31). Witness for the risen Jesus (Acts 2:32). Receive new Pentecosts.



Prayer: Father, Your Word is more precious to me than thousands of dollars (see Ps 119:72).

Promise: "In prayer you call upon a Father Who judges each one justly on the basis of his actions. Since this is so, conduct yourselves reverently during your sojourn in a strange land." —1 Pt 1:17

Praise: " '[Paul] sounds like a promoter of foreign gods,' because he was heard to speak of 'Jesus' and 'the resurrection' " (Acts 17:18). Risen Jesus, Your Resurrection testifies You are true God and true man.



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"In accord with the Code of Canon Law, I hereby grant the Nihil Obstat for the publication One Bread, One Body covering the time period from April 1, 2023 through May 31, 2023. Reverend Steve J. Angi, Chancellor, Vicar General, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio September 21,, 2022"

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