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Cud Vatican II asks us to read the Bible
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This plan follows
the Sunday liturgy: reading + psalm + reading +
gospel |
O Holy Spirit, may these passages give us hope, wisdom, compassion, courage and peace for our daily life Chinese text |
Bible Blog April 28, 2014 Comments welcome here
Reading: Judges 4-6 After Sisera's forces
were defeated, But then the Israelites
again lapsed into idolatry, The Lord then raised up Gideon to rescue the people. Following the Lord's
instructions, When the Midianites
heard what Gideon had done, The spirit of the Lord
came on Gideon Gideon asked for a sign
of success in battle, "See
now, I
spread out a fleece of wool on the ground; And so it happened the
next morning: Gideon asked for a
second sign, And God did what Gideon
asked: Reflection: A famous organization is named after Gideon:
Prayer:
Dear
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Reading: Psalm 41 Blessed
the person who helps the poor and the weak. The
Lord will help him on his bed of pain. Reflection: Prayer: Lord, please help me to do more for the poor
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Reading: One Peter 2 If you are treated unfairly, put up with it for the sake of God Christ suffered for you and left an example
for you to follow. He bore our sins in his own body on the Cross,
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Reading: John 8 Jesus said to the people "If God were your father, you would love me, since I have come from God and I speak the truth. You avoid the truth, because your father is the father of lies, the Devil Abraham rejoiced at the thought of my coming. He saw it in the future and was glad" The people said "You are not yet 50 years old. How could you have seen Abraham?" Jesus replied "I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I Am" The people then picked up stones to throw at Jesus for claiming to be God. But Jesus safely left the Temple Reflection: |