A HEELING MASS? - One Bread, One Body, 05/07/2020

Thursday, May 7, 2020,

Acts 13:13-25
Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27
John 13:16-20
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A HEELING MASS?
"He who partook of bread with Me has raised his heel against Me." —John 13:18

In the time of Jesus, showing the bottom of your foot to someone was a sign of contempt toward them. Judas, in betraying Jesus, no longer considered Jesus his Master. Judas had committed to the service of new masters, the Sanhedrin. "No man can serve two masters. He will ... be attentive to one and despise the other" (Mt 6:24). Therefore, Judas despised Jesus. By eating the Last Supper with Jesus, Judas showed the greatest contempt for Him (Ps 41:10), even if he outwardly appeared sociable.

When you break bread with Jesus at Mass, are you coming to serve Jesus as your Master? Do you have His interests in mind? Are you listening for a message from Him? (Jn 13:16) Or do you come to Mass while serving someone else, such as yourself? If you are serving anyone else but Jesus, you'll eventually love them and despise Him (Mt 6:24). Others may see your Mass attendance as respectful, but that's not what Jesus sees. He may see the bottom of your foot raised against Him in contempt (Jn 13:18).

How do you spend your prime time? Your answer tells you what you serve. If the answer is not Jesus and His interests, repent now. Give up all that you have to gain Jesus as your Treasure and your Master (Mt 13:44). When you humble yourself and accept Jesus as your Master, Lord, and Savior, you paradoxically discover who you are (Mt 10:39). "Once you know all these things, blest will you be if you put them into practice" (Jn 13:17).

Prayer: Father, I will live no longer for myself but for Jesus (2 Cor 5:15). Help me to love Jesus in the Mass ever more deeply.

Promise: "Through all generations my mouth shall proclaim Your faithfulness." —Ps 89:2

Praise: Explaining the Eucharist to his children made Carl more in awe of Jesus' Real Presence in Holy Communion.

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SEND-OFF - One Bread, One Body, 05/06/2020

Wednesday, May 6, 2020,

Acts 12:24—13:5
Psalm 67:2-3, 5-6, 8
John 12:44-50
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SEND-OFF
"Then, after they had fasted and prayed, they imposed hands on them and sent them off." —Acts 13:3

When the early Church gathered for prayer, they did something before and something after. They fasted before praying. This freed them, "releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke" (Is 58:6). They were free to hear the voice of God, pray the prayer of faith, go up prayer-mountain, and move the mountains of the evil one (Mt 17:20-21). After they prayed, it was not that the people just went off; rather, they were sent off (Acts 13:3).

The assembly at prayer should be a launching pad, shooting Spirit-filled, empowered, commissioned believers into the world. Propelled by the community's prayer and fasting, we rescue people from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light (Col 1:13) and attack the gates of hell that cannot prevail against us (Mt 16:18).

The Catholic Church has traditionally emphasized fasting, praying, and sending. Before receiving Holy Communion, we are to fast for at least an hour. I recommend we fast for a significantly longer period of time. After Holy Communion, we are sent out with the final blessing. This is what the word "Mass" means: "sent." Fasting, praying, and sending launched the first missionary journey, and will certainly begin the final one.

Prayer: Father, during this Easter time, launch me into full-time missionary work.

Promise: "The Father Who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to speak." —Jn 12:49

Praise: Thomas' jail ministry grew out of prayer at his parish.

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MIDDLE MANAGEMENT - One Bread, One Body, 05/05/2020

Tuesday, May 5, 2020,

Acts 11:19-26
Psalm 87:1-7
John 10:22-30
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MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
"My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life." —John 10:27-28

When we talk to someone or walk into their life, we are talking or walking into the middle of something. God has been at work, and many things have already deeply influenced that person. We need to enter into that conversation and that life so as to fit into God's plan. Thus, Barnabas walked into Antioch and immediately picked up on what the Lord was doing. "On his arrival [Barnabas] rejoiced to see the evidence of God's favor. He encouraged them all to remain firm in their commitment to the Lord" (Acts 11:23). "Thereby large numbers were added to the Lord" (Acts 11:24).

Barnabas' key to success was his relationship with the Lord. When we live by faith the life in the Holy Spirit, we:

• hear God's voice (Jn 10:27),
• consistently are at the right place at the right time,
• treat people gently, thus neither breaking a bruised reed nor quenching a smoldering wick (Is 42:3),
• don't "put our feet into our mouths" so often,
• don't get in God's way,
• don't hurt people by trying to help them,
• don't fall into the trap of becoming co-dependent and enabling others to act irresponsibly, and
• are catalysts effecting the reception to a chain reaction of God's graces.

The Lord alone knows what He is getting us into. He will guide us to be, say, and do our part of His plan for us and others. Listen to Jesus. Live in Jesus. Then truly love others.

Prayer: Father, may I never be used by Satan. May I not recognize Satan's voice (Jn 10:5).

Promise: "No one shall snatch [My sheep] out of My hand." —Jn 10:28

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CLUED IN TO THE SPIRIT - One Bread, One Body, 05/04/2020

Monday, May 4, 2020,

Acts 11:1-18
Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3-4
John 10:11-18
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CLUED IN TO THE SPIRIT
"As I began to address them the Holy Spirit came upon them." —Acts 11:15

Peter, a Christian and a Jew, took the unprecedented step of entering the house of a Gentile, Cornelius (Acts 10:25). Gentiles, that is, non-Jews, were excluded from the company of Jews. However, the Holy Spirit made it crystal-clear to Peter that he was to enter Cornelius' house (Acts 11:5ff; 11:12).

The Spirit hadn't yet instructed Peter what to say to the assembled Gentiles. So Peter "proceeded to address them" with a standard witness to the risen Lord (Acts 10:34ff). Then Peter brought up the subject of sin (Acts 10:43). Based on his previous preaching in Acts, it's quite possible that Peter's next words would have involved accountability for sin and the need for deep repentance. Theologically this makes good sense, but the Holy Spirit had a different subject in mind, for the Spirit took over from Peter. "Peter had not finished these words" about forgiveness of sins "when the Holy Spirit descended upon all who were listening to Peter's message" (Acts 10:44). Although Peter's Jewish Christian companions were surprised at this turn of events (Acts 10:45), Peter followed "the Spirit's lead" perfectly (Gal 5:25). Rather than trying to take the floor back from the Holy Spirit and finish his sermon, Peter "gave orders that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 10:48).

Let us hear the voice of Jesus (Jn 10:16) and thereby learn the voice of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows exactly what is the right word at the right time (see e.g. 1 Cor 2:10ff). Like Peter, let us "live by the Spirit" and "follow the Spirit's lead" (Gal 5:25).

Prayer: Father, I will serve You not by my own intelligence or wisdom, but by Your Spirit (Zec 4:6).

Promise: "I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me." —Jn 10:14

Praise: Mary and Louis have six children and are home-schooling them, teaching them the Catholic faith in love and truth.

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May 3rd Fourth Sunday of Easter


Jesus, You are the way, the truth, and the life.

You are always calling us to an intimate relationship with You.

Lord, help us to understand Your love, and love You in return.

Jesus, grace us to desire to come and worship You in Your eucharistic presence, help us to commit to
adoring You every week, and give us the peace of heart that only Your presence gives us.

Lord, let us slowly come into a metanouia of heart, that will cause us to be seen as truly your vessels
of love, and faith, and hope.

Help us all in these troubling times to be beacons of love and trust in You.

Jesus guard, guide, and protect us, and our families.

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"You must reform and be baptized." -Acts 2:38

Peter, on whom "tongues as of fire" had just descended (see Acts 2:3), preached at the first Christian
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invited the thousands of people who heard his message to receive the Holy Spirit by being baptized.
"Those who accepted his message were baptized; some three thousand were added that day" (Acts 2:41).

Philip was sent by the Holy Spirit to proclaim Jesus to the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:29, 35). Then "Philip
went down into the water with the eunuch and baptized him" (Acts 8:38).

Peter was sent by the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:19) to the home of the centurion, Cornelius. Peter proclaimed
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Spirit descended upon all" (Acts 10:44). "Peter put the question at that point: 'What can stop these people
who have received the Holy Spirit, even as we have, from being baptized with water?' So he gave orders that
they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 10:46-48).

After the Lord freed Paul from prison through an earthquake, Paul and Silas prevented the Philippian jailer
from committing suicide. Then they went to the jailer's home and "proceeded to announce the word of God to
him and to everyone in his house. At that late hour of the night he took them in and...then he and his whole
household were baptized" (Acts 16:32, 33).

We began the Easter season by renewing our baptismal promises. What difference has that renewal made in our
lives? Baptism is the most important event of our lives. It is our entry in the life of Jesus. Live your
Baptism fully.

Prayer: Father, may I live the "radical newness" of my Baptism (Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People,
Pope St. John Paul II, 10).

Promise: "I came that they might have life." -Jn 10:10

Praise: "He has been raised, exactly as He promised" (Mt 28:6).


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THE GREATEST EVENT OF YOUR LIFE - One Bread, One Body, 05/03/2020

Sunday, May 3, 2020, Fourth Sunday of Easter

Acts 2:14, 36-41
1 Peter 2:20-25
Psalm 23:1-6
John 10:1-10
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THE GREATEST EVENT OF YOUR LIFE
"You must reform and be baptized." —Acts 2:38

Peter, on whom "tongues as of fire" had just descended (see Acts 2:3), preached at the first Christian Pentecost. In the power of the Holy Spirit, Peter witnessed for the crucified and risen Christ. Peter invited the thousands of people who heard his message to receive the Holy Spirit by being baptized. "Those who accepted his message were baptized; some three thousand were added that day" (Acts 2:41).

Philip was sent by the Holy Spirit to proclaim Jesus to the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:29, 35). Then "Philip went down into the water with the eunuch and baptized him" (Acts 8:38).

Peter was sent by the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:19) to the home of the centurion, Cornelius. Peter proclaimed the forgiveness of sins through Jesus, the "Judge of the living and the dead" (Acts 10:42). Then "the Holy Spirit descended upon all" (Acts 10:44). "Peter put the question at that point: 'What can stop these people who have received the Holy Spirit, even as we have, from being baptized with water?' So he gave orders that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 10:46-48).

After the Lord freed Paul from prison through an earthquake, Paul and Silas prevented the Philippian jailer from committing suicide. Then they went to the jailer's home and "proceeded to announce the word of God to him and to everyone in his house. At that late hour of the night he took them in and...then he and his whole household were baptized" (Acts 16:32, 33).

We began the Easter season by renewing our baptismal promises. What difference has that renewal made in our lives? Baptism is the most important event of our lives. It is our entry in the life of Jesus. Live your Baptism fully.

Prayer: Father, may I live the "radical newness" of my Baptism (Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People, Pope St. John Paul II, 10).

Promise: "I came that they might have life." —Jn 10:10

Praise: "He has been raised, exactly as He promised" (Mt 28:6).



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SIMON - One Bread, One Body, 05/02/2020

Saturday, May 2, 2020, St. Athanasius

Acts 9:31-42
Psalm 116:12-17
John 6:60-69
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SIMON
"Peter first made everyone go outside; then he knelt down and prayed." —Acts 9:40

Simon Peter was forgiven his three denials of Christ, met the risen Lord, and was filled with the Holy Spirit. He became a new man. The Lord used him to convert three thousand on the first Pentecost (Acts 2:41). He healed hundreds just by his shadow (Acts 5:15-16). He raised up Aeneas, who was a paralytic for eight years (Acts 9:33).

God still had more for Simon Peter, much more. He was invited to Joppa. The invitation simply reads: "Please come over to us without delay" (Acts 9:38). Possibly Peter didn't even know why he was called. They took him upstairs where he saw several people in tears. Finally Peter got the idea he had been called to raise the dead. He may not have known what to do, but he just imitated Jesus when He raised the daughter of Jairus. Peter, like Jesus, told everyone to leave the room and he said, "Tabitha, stand up,' instead of "Talitha, get up" (see Mk 5:40-41; Acts 9:40). Simon Peter imitated Jesus exactly and raised the dead.

Prayer: Jesus, this Easter transform me as You did Simon Peter.

Promise: "This is why I have told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him by the Father." —Jn 6:65

Praise: St. Athanasius is a towering figure in early church history. His ecclesiastical career is defined by fighting the Arian heresy. In fact, five times Athanasius was exiled for his defense of the doctrine of Christ's divinity, for a total of seventeen years in exile.

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