HOW HE SAVES US - One Bread, One Body, 06/04/2026

Thursday, June 4, 2026,

2 Timothy 2:8-15
Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10, 14
Mark 12:28-34

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HOW HE SAVES US
“Obtain the salvation to be found in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.” —2 Timothy 2:10

God wants all to be saved (1 Tm 2:4) from sin, death, Satan, hell and sanctified for perfect love and eternal life. We cannot save ourselves. Jesus alone can save us. We accept His grace of salvation by faith, which empowers us for good works (see Eph 2:8-10). In this way, we work out and obtain our salvation (Phil 2:12).

St. Paul spelled out some of the details of accepting the grace of salvation by faith. He said: “You can depend on this” (2 Tm 2:11). First, we must die with Jesus by being baptized and living our Baptisms, as we repeatedly choose to die to ourselves (see 2 Tm 2:11; 2 Cor 4:10-11). Second, we must persevere in our faith in the Lord (2 Tm 2:12). Third, we should admit we are quite capable of denying Christ (see 2 Tm 2:12). Therefore, we need to accept the grace to overcome this temptation. Finally, we should focus on faithfulness (see 2 Tm 2:13) so that, on Judgment Day, the Lord will say to us: “Well done, good and faithful servants” (see Mt 25:21).

To understand and accept salvation, we must:

• die with Jesus in Baptism,
• persevere in total love for Jesus,
• cry out for the grace not to deny Jesus, and
• be faithful to Jesus and His Church.

“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, and all your household” (Acts 16:31).

Prayer: Father, may I live my life so as to help lead to salvation as many people as possible (see 1 Cor 9:22).

Promise: “Jesus replied: ‘This is the first: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! Therefore you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” This is the second, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ’ ” —Mk 12:29-31

Praise: Dr. Norm asked Jesus to heal his patient’s migraine headache. The pain left her.



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LIGHT FOR LIFE - One Bread, One Body, 06/03/2026

Wednesday, June 3, 2026, St. Charles Lwanga & Companions

2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12
Psalm 123:1-2
Mark 12:18-27

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LIGHT FOR LIFE
Jesus “has robbed death of its power and has brought life and immortality into clear light through the gospel.”—2 Timothy 1:10

I read today’s Eucharistic readings a few times but did not seem to receive any inspirations. Then my surgeon called and said my liver cancer had grown. After that, the words of the Scriptures “jumped off the page”:

• God “is the God of the living, not of the dead” (Mk 12:27).
• “When people rise from the dead,” they “live like angels in heaven” (Mk 12:25).
• Jesus “robbed death of its power and has brought life and immortality into clear light through the gospel” (2 Tm 1:10).

The more we are in touch with reality, the greater the light shining forth from the Bible. We see it when a mother has given birth or a family member dies. We see it when a person is in danger of death, or again when someone has been healed, or yet again when we marry or suffer divorce, or are in joy or pain, have lost or found a job, or have moved somewhere unfamiliar — then our consciousness of the circumstances of life is heightened. In such circumstances, God’s Word is even more obviously “living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword. It penetrates and divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the reflections and thoughts of the heart” (Heb 4:12).

Jesus came to give us abundant life (Jn 10:10). Those who live abundantly see the light of the Scriptures in brilliant radiance. Accept Jesus as your Life (see Jn 14:6). Then He and His Word will be your Light (see Jn 8:12).

Prayer: Father, may I not be afraid to live fully.

Promise: “The Spirit God has given us is no cowardly spirit, but rather One that makes us strong, loving, and wise.” —2 Tm 1:7

Praise: St. Charles Lwanga chose to follow Jesus in purity and holiness and it cost him his very life in martyrdom.



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SOON AND VERY SOON - One Bread, One Body, 06/02/2026

Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Sts. Marcellinus & Peter

2 Peter 3:12-15, 17-18
Psalm 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16
Mark 12:13-17

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SOON AND VERY SOON
“...looking for the coming of the day of God and trying to hasten it!” —2 Peter 3:12

Are you trying to speed up Jesus’ Second Coming? The sooner the better! No matter how happy you are on earth, you’re still exiled in a strange land (1 Pt 2:11). Won’t you feel good going home to Abba in heaven? So cry out “Maranatha,” “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rv 22:20) Pray, repent, and lead others to Jesus. With every word, the seconds tick away, “soon” becomes “sooner,” and time approaches the timeless. “Come, Lord Jesus!”

We all must get ready for Jesus’ Second Coming because some of God’s holy people are speeding it up. He’s been waiting on us and, when we get as ready as we’re going to be, then He will come riding on the clouds, accompanied by the angels, at the final trumpet blast (1 Thes 4:16). “So, beloved, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found without stain or defilement, and at peace in His sight. Consider that our Lord’s patience is directed toward salvation” (2 Pt 3:14-15).

Don’t sell out to the world. Don’t possess Caesar’s property, because you don’t belong to Caesar (Mk 12:17). You are not of the world, but have been chosen out of the world (Jn 15:19). “What we await are new heavens and a new earth where, according to His promise, the justice of God will reside” (2 Pt 3:13).

Prayer: Jesus, You’ll hurry up if I hurry up. Come, Lord Jesus!

Promise: “The heavens will be destroyed in flames and the elements will melt away in a blaze.” —2 Pt 3:12

Praise: One of the executioners who participated in the martyrdom of Sts. Marcellinus and Peter was so moved by their faith in Jesus that he became a Christian. As he shared the story of their heroic faith, one of his listeners was a boy who later became Pope St. Damasus I.

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ENTITLED OR ENTRUSTED? - One Bread, One Body, 06/01/2026

Monday, June 1, 2026, St. Justin, Martyr

2 Peter 1:2-7
Psalm 91:1-2, 14-16
Mark 12:1-12

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ENTITLED OR ENTRUSTED?
“He leased it to tenant farmers.” —Mark 12:1

How much the Father loves us! He plants a vineyard for us, provides everything necessary for success, and invites us to be His stewards (Mk 12:1; see also Is 5:1-7). He even entrusts His potential fruit to us! (see Gn 2:15) God asks: “What more was there to do for My vineyard that I had not done?” (Is 5:4)

Tragically, we forget that we are God’s tenants and stewards. We are not the owner; rather, we are the owned. “None of us lives as his own master…while we live we are responsible to the Lord” (Rm 14:7-8). “You are not your own. You have been purchased, and at a price!” (1 Cor 6:19-20)

We may think we are serving God, but whenever we refuse to bear fruit that He has a right to receive, we are like those rebellious tenants in Jesus’ parable. Perhaps we have refused to bear fruit for the Master through contraception, sterilization, or abortion. Possibly we are living for our own pleasure rather than using our talents for reaping the Master’s harvest. Perhaps by laziness or procrastination, we resemble the sluggard who skips the hard work of plowing and bears no harvest (see Prv 20:4; 24:30-34).

Will we choose to be entitled tenants or entrusted servants? The Master loves us so much that He sent His Son to collect the fruit. But that Son is not only a Fruit Collector; He will also help us plow by yoking Himself to us (Mt 11:29-30). Let us humble ourselves before the Lord, repent deeply, and spend our lives as grateful servants working in the vineyard for our Master. 

Prayer: Help us, Lord, to bear fruit abundantly for You. May we never reject Jesus, the Cornerstone (Mk 12:10).

Promise: “He has bestowed on us the great and precious things He promised, so that through these you who have fled a world corrupted by lust might become sharers of the divine nature.” —2 Pt 1:4

Praise: St. Justin was the first Christian philosopher.

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3 IN 1 IN ME - One Bread, One Body, 05/31/2026

Sunday, May 31, 2026, Trinity Sunday

Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Daniel 3:52-55
John 3:16-18
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3 IN 1 IN ME
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!”—2 Corinthians 13:13

If you are a committed Catholic, you have probably said several times today: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” You said this before and after Mass, Rosary, meal prayers, other prayers, etc. You also blessed yourself in the name of the Trinity when you entered and left the church. Why do you keep doing this? Is it just a habit you picked up in your childhood, or do you believe in the Holy Trinity?

Are you preoccupied with the knowledge that you have been and are baptized “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”? (Mt 28:19) Are you immersed in the three relationships in one, overwhelmingly aware that the Holy Trinity literally lives within you? Do you greet Christians with a holy kiss because you believe they have the Trinity in them? (see 2 Cor 13:12) Do you reverence the personhood of all people because they may or will have the Trinity in them? (see 1 Pt 2:17) Are you sexually pure because of your awareness of the Trinity in you? (see 1 Cor 6:19) Did you ever turn off the TV because you knew the Father, Son, and Spirit in you would not approve of the programs?

May the Holy Spirit of Pentecost sensitize you to the Trinity in you.

Prayer: Father, Son, and Spirit, may everything in my life be of You, and not of me.

Promise: “Yes, God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him may not die but may have eternal life.” —Jn 3:16

Praise: “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.”



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A MERCIFUL WAIT - One Bread, One Body, 05/30/2026

Saturday, May 30, 2026,

Jude 17, 20-25
Psalm 63:2-6
Mark 11:27-33
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A MERCIFUL WAIT
“Wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.” —Jude 21, RSV-CE

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Prv 13:12). So it can be challenging to wait for “the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Jude 21). Sometimes it can seem that the wait is endless. Yet the ability to receive God’s mercy is enhanced by the waiting. We don’t just wait for the Lord, we wait on the Lord. We wait for God’s mercy by waiting on the Lord and doing works of mercy for His people. This means that the time of waiting is “pregnant” with mercy.

A woman conceives her child and becomes pregnant. Now she must wait nine months for the baby to be born. Those nine months can be a time of active preparation, a time of growing in love, “a time to love…a time of peace” (Eccl 3:8). Alternatively, those nine months can be “a time of war” (Eccl 3:8), impatience, anxiety, and strife.

How do we wait for the mercy of Jesus? Remind yourself daily of these truths:

• “God is rich in mercy” (Eph 2:4).
• We wait by making our home in His mercy and living in His love (Jn 15:9).
• “His mercy endures forever” (Ps 136:1).
• His love is “renewed each morning” (Lam 3:23).

Do not despair if the wait is long. With the psalmist, pray: “Hope in God; I will praise Him, my Savior and my God” (see Ps 42:6, 12).

Prayer: Father, when I grow weary for You, may I never grow weary of You. Renew me in Your merciful love.

Promise: “For Your kindness is a greater good than life; my lips shall glorify You.” —Ps 63:4

Praise: Agnes forgave her mother for abandoning her as a child.

(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)

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WHEN YOUR WORLD FALLS APART - One Bread, One Body, 05/29/2026

Friday, May 29, 2026, Pope St. Paul VI

1 Peter 4:7-13
Psalm 96:10-13
Mark 11:11-26

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WHEN YOUR WORLD FALLS APART
“The consummation of all is close at hand.” —1 Peter 4:7

When your world is falling apart:

• “above all, let your love for one another be constant” (1 Pt 4:8),
• “put your trust in God” (Mk 11:22),
• “do not be perturbed” (1 Pt 4:7),
• “remain calm so that you will be able to pray” (1 Pt 4:7),
• “when you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance” (Mk 11:25),
• “put your gifts at the service of one another” (1 Pt 4:10),
• “do not be surprised, beloved, that a trial by fire is occurring in your midst” (1 Pt 4:12),
• “rejoice instead, in the measure that you share Christ’s sufferings” (1 Pt 4:13).

To summarize, when “the consummation of all is close at hand,” that is, when the world is falling apart, love, trust, pray, forgive, serve, and rejoice. Don’t be upset or surprised.

This may seem to be a very unusual way of reacting to the end of the world or of our own world; but we can react this way because of our personal relationship with Jesus and our membership in His Church. When we have totally surrendered our lives to Him, we can confidently say: “I am certain that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor powers, neither height nor depth nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God that comes to us in Christ Jesus, our Lord” (Rm 8:38-39). “The Lord is my Light and my Salvation; Whom should I fear?” (Ps 27:1)

Prayer: Jesus, may I look forward to the end of the world because of Your final coming.

Promise: “If you are ready to believe that you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, it shall be done for you.” —Mk 11:24

Praise: Pope St. Paul VI wrote seven encyclicals, particularly Humanae Vitae, which reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on natural means of contraception.



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