Computer Cud         V 2 asks us to read the Bible every day,   'to have a burning love'   for the Word of God              Resolution

This plan follows the Sunday liturgy:    reading + psalm + reading + gospel                  From  www.simplebible.info 

O Holy Spirit, please guide me as I read these passages for today. 
May these passages give me hope, strength, wisdom, courage and peace for my daily life 


May 17, 2012    
 (by co-incidence: 
today - last reading from Numbers and last reading from Psalms ...and first reading from I Corinthians!)


Numbers 34, 35

God gave the land of Canaan to the Israelites
and Moses allocated a section of the land to the eleven tribes.

The tribe of Levi  received some towns and pasture land from each of the eleven tribes.

Cities of refuge were established, where people could find safety
if they had accidentally caused someone's death
and the dead person's relatives wanted to take revenge.

In cases of homicide, more than one witness was required to convict someone of murder.

A final law: the inheritance of each tribe was not to be transferred to another tribe

Dear God, please bless my family with a sense of history and togetherness


Psalm 149, 150

Sing a new song to the Lord.
Let the praise of God be always on our lips.

Praise God in his holy temple.
Praise him in the heavens.

O praise him with sound of trumpet.
Praise him with lute and harp.

Praise him with drums and dancing.
Praise him with strings and pipes.

Let everything that lives and breathes,
give praise to the Lord our Creator.  Alleluia!

Lord to you we say every day "Allelu -ia" ("praise God")


I Corinthians 1

I, Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, send greetings to the church of God in Corinth. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace

I never stop thanking God for all the graces you have received through Jesus Christ

The witness to Christ has been strong among you

God shares with us the life of his Son, Jesus. 
God helps us to be faithful as followers of Jesus

I appeal to you to be united in belief and practice.
Put an end to the differences between you

Jesus, Son of God, thank you for all the graces I have received


Mark 7

Jesus went to the district of Tyre.
A foreign woman fell at his feet and begged him to expel a devil from her daughter

Jesus said "The children (= Jews)  should be fed first.
It's not right to give the children's food to the house dogs (= foreigners)"

She replied "Ah yes, Sir, but the house dogs under the table can eat the children's scraps"

Jesus said to her "For expressing such great faith, you can go home happy.
The devil has gone out of your daughter". 

She went home and found the child lying on a bed, and the devil gone

Jesus, please give sick people more faith in you