Year II. Elijah gathers the people of Israel together to persuade them to choose Yahweh as their God rather than Baal. The author relates this in a dramatic, epic style. Gospel. Jesus says something similar in words that at first sight seem to say the opposite: he has come not to abolish the law but […]
Year II: To show how great Elijah was as a prophet, the Elijah cycle in the book of Kings shows how he rewarded the widow by ensuring she did not suffer from a lack of food during the famine. Later he will restore her son to life. Gospel: During the communist regime in Poland, only a
Year II. In the following days, we have some readings from the cycle of the great prophet Elijah and his gigantic fight against the evils of his day. He is bold enough to face the godless king Ahab and the dreadful queen Jezebel, for he is sure that God sends him and that he is,
For a few days we shall hear excerpts from Paul’s second letter to Timothy. It is ascribed to Paul but probably written by his disciple or scribe. It emphasises the role of both priests and laity in serving the gospel without fear. With arguments that are a bit difficult to follow, Jesus upholds the resurrection
Greeting (see the gospel) Jesus tells us here: “I am the living bread from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.” May the Lord Jesus give us this bread always and always stay with you. R/ And
Paul, or the author using Paul’s name, beseeches Timothy to keep preaching the word of God, in season and out of season, to be a good minister of the Lord and to give himself, as Paul had done. Jesus, who lived in the hands of the Father, points out to his disciples how much a
The author of 2 Timothy asks Timothy to learn from Paul how to bear persecution and difficulties. He assures Timothy that the persecutors will be punished. Then he asks Timothy to hold on firmly to the faith and to the sacred writings that express it. The scriptures are inspired by God and are like a
St. Boniface (672/5-754), an English Benedictine monk, is considered one of the greatest missionaries of the early Middle Ages. He spread the gospel particularly in Germany, where he is also buried in Fulda. He was slain by the Frisians. Opening Prayer Lord our God, your holy bishop Boniface proclaimed your name with great zeal and
Our text is a profession of faith and a liturgical hymn. The profession of faith is made because Gnosticism was creeping in. As there were so many rules of the Law to observe, it is easy to understand the desire of scribes to ask which was the key commandment. Twice a day, pious Jews professed
In 1886, barely a few years after Christianity had been introduced in Uganda, King Mwanga, fearing that Christianity would put an end to his lucrative slave trade, started a persecution; his first victims were the pages of his court, even some of his relatives, among them, who had refused to submit to his perverse solicitations.
