STARTING OVER? - One Bread, One Body, 04/10/2026

Friday, April 10, 2026, Easter Friday

Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27
John 21:1-14

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STARTING OVER?
“I am going out to fish.” —John 21:3

Jesus told St. Peter to leave the fishing business and follow Him (Mt 4:19). Even after meeting the risen Christ several times, Peter denied Christ again and went back into the fishing business. Peter denied Jesus, the Light, and chose the night. “All through the night they caught nothing” (Jn 21:3). Peter was naked (Jn 21:7, NAB) and not clothed with power (Lk 24:49), righteousness (see Eph 6:14), or life in Christ (Eph 4:24). Peter chose night, nothing, and nakedness.

Jesus, in all His mercy, forgave Peter another three times and proceeded to again start from the beginning with him. Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved Him (Jn 21:15-17). Then Jesus did what He had done when He first met Peter: He commanded Peter to follow Him (Jn 21:19). Shortly after this, Peter led three thousand people to be baptized into Jesus at the first Christian Pentecost (Acts 2:41). Peter became the first leader of the Church and a fearless witness for Jesus (see Acts 4:8ff).

Have you squandered your Christian life? Have you lost your first love? (Rv 2:4) Have you forced Jesus to start over with you? If you repent, there is hope. Even if you’re starting over, the risen Lord can make you a great leader in His kingdom. Repent!

Prayer: Lord, have mercy on me again.

Promise: “This Jesus is ‘the Stone rejected by you the builders Which has become the Cornerstone.’ There is no salvation in anyone else, for there is no other name in the whole world given to men by which we are to be saved.” —Acts 4:11-12

Praise: Praise You, Jesus, risen Victor over death. You have conquered sin and death and set us free. You are the “Savior of the world” (1 Jn 4:14). Alleluia!

(For a related teaching on The Necessity of Confession for Renewal, listen to, download or order AV 70-1 or V 70 on our website.)

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New Industry Guidelines Detail How to Buy Fabric Online Without Seeing It First

To buy fabric online without seeing it first, buyers must mathematically translate digital specifications like Grams per Square Meter and stretch percentages while enforcing strict physical wash protocols on sample swatches. Leading U.S. textile suppliers reported a 42% decrease in wholesale returns during fiscal 2025 when commercial buyers abandoned subjective texture descriptions in favor of hard data. Digital sourcing removes the physical hand from the evaluation process. The hand defines the tactile feel of the material. You risk severe manufacturing delays if you rely on flat lay photography alone. Source: Linkedin

Buyers determine accurate material density by reading the GSM data rather than trusting generic vendor adjectives. GSM measures exact physical weave density. A 150 GSM textile material performs well for lightweight apparel, whereas a 400 GSM material provides the rigidity needed for commercial outerwear. Digital sourcing requires buyers to locate visual proxies to evaluate drape. Drape defines the hanging behavior of a textile. Buyers assess this fluidity by demanding rosette photographs. A rosette photograph displays the material twisted into a spiral. You misjudge the flexibility of the warp and weft if you only review flat images.

Buyers verify pattern compatibility by extracting the stated stretch percentage and replicating that ratio against a physical ruler using known knit textiles. Spandex fibers dictate the modulus of elasticity. A 4-inch sample possesses a 50% stretch capacity if it extends to 6 inches comfortably. Professionals mitigate remaining physical risks by executing rigorous swatch tests. A swatch test exposes the raw sample to American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists wash standards. You quantify shrinkage accurately if you launder a precise 4-inch square sample at maximum industrial heat settings.

Safe digital textile sourcing requires strict adherence to standardized numerical metrics over subjective visual estimations. U.S. industry data proves that quantitative analysis eliminates the traditional barriers of remote purchasing. Buyers secure exact materials for bulk production runs if they follow these technical translation methods. Start your next commercial manufacturing run securely by immediately requesting a baseline test sample from your chosen digital supplier today.

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NEW, RISEN LIFE - One Bread, One Body, 04/09/2026

Thursday, April 9, 2026, Easter Thursday

Acts 3:11-26
Psalm 8:2, 5-9
Luke 24:35-48

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NEW, RISEN LIFE
“Touch Me.” —Luke 24:39

“Touch Me,” Jesus said to the apostles (Lk 24:39). “Do not touch Me,” Jesus said to Mary Magdalene (see Jn 20:17). These statements are not conflicting. Jesus knows what each person needs. St. Mary Magdalene wanted her relationship with Jesus to continue as it had always been. Mary needed a new relationship with Jesus, for He was now risen. Pre-risen touching no longer would work with a risen Lord. The apostles were ashamed of abandoning Jesus (Mk 14:50). Jesus wanted to restore them to their former status as His beloved apostles, to send them out with assurance and Resurrection-power. Their relationship with Jesus needed a new, risen touch (see 1 Jn 1:1).

Can we receive Jesus’ risen peace when we rely on the things of this world, that is, mammon? Jesus taught that we cannot have two masters, God and mammon (Mt 6:24). The Resurrection of Jesus brings a power not of this world. We are now to rely on “things above” (Col 3:2) rather than on things of earth. Resurrection-power and risen life are incompatible with reliance on earthly lifestyles (see Mt 9:16-17).

Jesus knows exactly what you need at every moment. What would He tell you now? Would you be ready to hear and obey Him? Does your love of money smother the power of God? Could you be moving in the power of the Spirit if you renounced the things of this world? (see Lk 14:33) Unplug from dependence on worldly means. Plug into Resurrection-power, in the name of Jesus.

Prayer: Father, open my mind “to the understanding of the Scriptures” and of risen life (Lk 24:45).

Promise: “You put to death the Author of life. But God raised Him from the dead, and we are His witnesses.” —Acts 3:15

Praise: “O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name over all the earth!” (Ps 8:2)

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HOW TO RECOGNIZE JESUS - One Bread, One Body, 04/08/2026

Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Easter Wednesday

Acts 3:1-10
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9
Luke 24:13-35

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HOW TO RECOGNIZE JESUS
“They had come to know Him in the breaking of bread.” —Luke 24:35

Reading the daily Mass Scriptures during the season of Lent is in essence an Emmaus walk with Jesus. During Lent, the Church breaks open many of the Scriptures which refer to the Messiah, and how He had to suffer (see Lk 24:25-27). Wouldn’t it have been a joy to have walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus? Though we long for our hearts to burn alongside the first disciples as Jesus opened the Old Testament Scriptures which referred to Him (Lk 24:27, 32), we have the same opportunity today. The Church proclaims to us many of those very Scriptures during the Masses of Lent and Holy Week.

The first disciples were likely familiar with some of those Scriptures. Much more familiar with these Scriptures were the chief priests, elders, and scribes, but they did not recognize Jesus (see Jn 1:26), just as the two disciples in today’s Gospel did not recognize Him (Lk 24:16). Their eyes were not opened until the breaking of the bread, the Eucharist (Lk 24:30-31).

During the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Lord breaks open the Scriptures for us in the Liturgy of the Word and then breaks the bread in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. This opens our eyes to recognize Him (Lk 24:35). To really gain an understanding of the Scriptures, come to Mass as often as possible, even daily. Recognize Jesus (Lk 24:31).

Prayer: Father, “I wish to know Christ” (Phil 3:10). Give me a supernatural hunger for the Eucharist, so I will come to know Jesus as the first Christians did (Lk 24:35).

Promise: “He remembers forever His covenant which He made binding for a thousand generations.” —Ps 105:8

Praise: “Give thanks to the Lord, invoke His name…sing to Him, sing His praise” (Ps 105:1-2).

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HOW TO MEET THE RISEN JESUS - One Bread, One Body, 04/07/2026

Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Easter Tuesday

Acts 2:36-41
Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
John 20:11-18

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HOW TO MEET THE RISEN JESUS
“ ‘I have seen the Lord!’ she announced.” —John 20:18

To meet the risen Christ and have a true Easter, we must be baptized in the name of Jesus (Acts 2:38). This not only means that we must receive the Sacrament of Baptism; it also means that we must live our Baptisms by being immersed into the person of Jesus. Like St. Mary Magdalene, we should be so preoccupied with and focused on Jesus that we hardly notice “two angels in dazzling robes” (Jn 20:12). As St. Patrick prayed, we are to be very conscious of Jesus within us and around us, above and below us, to our right and to our left, etc. We who are baptized into Jesus must say with St. Paul that to us, “ ‘life’ means Christ” (Phil 1:21). As the deer “longs for the running waters” (Ps 42:2), we should seek, pine for, and thirst for Jesus (Ps 63:2).

How can we be so immersed in Jesus? We must reform and have our sins forgiven (Acts 2:38). Then we will have a new Pentecost. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we will meet the risen Christ and be His witnesses. Baptism is the key to Easter. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to live our Baptisms. Repentance, expressed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, opens us to the Spirit. Thus, on the first Resurrection night, Jesus gave His apostles both the Spirit and the authority to forgive sins in His name (Jn 20:22-23). Start the fifty-day season of Easter with Confession, leading to a new Pentecost and a renewal of your Baptism. Then you will meet the risen Jesus.

Prayer: Father, make me preoccupied with Jesus, like Mary Magdalene on Resurrection day.

Promise: “See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him, upon those who hope for His kindness, to deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine.” —Ps 33:18-19

Praise: Alleluia! “This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it” (Ps 118:24). Jesus is risen! Alleluia!

(For a related teaching on Developing a Deep, Personal Relationship with Jesus, listen to, download or order AV 52-1 or V 52 on our website.)

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GET REAL - One Bread, One Body, 04/06/2026

Monday, April 6, 2026, Easter Monday

Acts 2:14, 22-33
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11
Matthew 28:8-15

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GET REAL
"The soldiers pocketed the money and did as they had been instructed." —Matthew 28:15

The soldiers assigned to guard Jesus’ tomb had just endured a powerful earthquake (Mt 28:2). Simultaneously, they saw an angel, who looked like a dazzlingly dressed bolt of lightning, roll the stone back from Jesus’ tomb and sit on the stone (Mt 28:2-3). Have you ever seen lightning up close? Have you ever seen it sit? Have you ever seen it dressed? Under the circumstances, “the guards grew paralyzed with fear of [the angel] and fell down like dead men” (Mt 28:4). When the soldiers came to, some of them “went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened” (Mt 28:11). Then they took a large bribe and promised to lie about Jesus’ Resurrection (Mt 28:12ff).

How can a person go through the most astounding supernatural experiences and not turn to God? The Lord warned us that if we “do not listen to Moses and the prophets, [we] will not be convinced even if one should rise from the dead” (Lk 16:31). The human person is so narcissistic and absorbed with self that we tend to deny reality. We can think everything is made for us alone and the world is merely a self-projection of our desires. Even the reality of the risen Christ does not free us from our egotistic flight from reality.

However, when the risen Christ interprets for us the Scriptures (Lk 24:27) and opens our minds to understand His Word (Lk 24:45), our hearts begin to burn (Lk 24:32). With the breaking of the bread, our eyes are opened (Lk 24:31). With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we are miraculously freed from the spell of self and enter into reality — life in the risen Christ.

Prayer: Father, raise me from the death of self and sin.

Promise: "God freed Him from death's bitter pangs, however, and raised Him up again, for it was impossible that death should keep its hold on Him." —Acts 2:24

Praise: Alleluia! He is risen! Praise Jesus, "the Resurrection and the Life"! (Jn 11:25) Alleluia!



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FRESH BREAD - One Bread, One Body, 04/05/2026

Sunday, April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday (Vigil Reading)

Romans 6:3-11
Acts 10:34, 37-43

Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
Matthew 28:1-10
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

John 20:1-9


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FRESH BREAD
"Get rid of the old yeast to make of yourselves fresh dough, unleavened loaves, as it were; Christ our Passover has been sacrificed." —1 Corinthians 5:7

Alleluia! Jesus has risen! He’s alive! Alleluia!

For many Christians, the Good News of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead isn’t “news” anymore. It’s old. They’ve heard it (or not heard it) for years. Instead of being evangelized to Christianity, they have been immunized to it. They mistakenly think that the lukewarm version of Easter they’ve received is all there is to the Good News.

We must get rid of the old yeast of sin. We must repent of compromising with the values of the world and of thereby letting the risen Christ be upstaged by NCAA basketball, major league baseball, spring break, chocolate Easter bunnies, or even marshmallow chicks. We must proclaim Jesus’ Resurrection with power by making major financial moves and lifestyle changes — all because of the risen Christ (see Acts 4:33-35).

Jesus died and was buried because of our sins. Unless we break out of the tomb of sin, we will not be witnesses for the risen Christ but anti-witnesses. We will conceal the risen Lord rather than reveal Him. Therefore, we must ask for the forgiveness of our sins through His name (Acts 10:43). On the first Easter Sunday evening, Jesus offered us forgiveness (Jn 20:23). We must repent if we are to be credible witnesses for the risen Jesus.

Prayer: Father, on this first day of Easter, I renew my baptismal promises; I give my life to You.

Promise: "Since you have been raised up in company with Christ, set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God's right hand." —Col 3:1

Praise: Praise Jesus! He is risen! The tomb is empty! Alleluia!



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