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According to the Catholic Church: THIS WE BELIEVE The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell: on the third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. |
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SUNDAY READINGS - Worship 887 First Reading: Hosea 2: 16-17, 21-22 Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 3: 1-6 Gospel: Mark 2: 18-22 Covenant love, God’s hesed, is depicted in daring speech in today’s readings. The oracle of Hosea declares God’s intention to renew the covenant with wayward Israel by returning with them to the desert, the place where, coming up from the land of Egypt, their hearts first opened. God’s hope is that a fresh encounter will lead again to espousal, “in right and in justice, in love and in mercy.” The same imagery controls the presentation of Jesus in today’s Gospel. Defending His disciples for not fasting, Jesus casts Himself as the bridegroom, a role reserved for God in the writings of the prophets. In Him and through Him, He seems to say, God’s people are being wooed and won. As wedding guests, His disciples witness and celebrate the arrival of the new covenant. In 2 Corinthians, Paul describes himself and his fellow apostles as ministers of this new covenant. Alluding to Jeremiah’s vision of a new covenant written on people’s hearts (31:31-34), he looks into his own heart where, he says, the Spirit of the living God has inscribed the names of all those, like us, whom God has wed forever in Christ. – Vatican II Sunday Missal, Millennium Edition
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Pt 1: 3-9; Mk 10: 17-27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1: 10-16; Mk 10: 28-31 Wednesday: Jl 2: 12-18; 2 Cor 5: 20, 6: 2; Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30: 15-20; Lk 9: 22-25 First Friday: Is 58: 1-9a; Mt 9: 14-15 Saturday: Is 58: 9b-14; Lk 5: 27-32 Sunday: Gen 9: 8-15; 1 Pt 3: 18-22; Mk 1: 12-15 |