Commentary: Quoth the bulletin:
(St.) Joseph is patron of (a) happy death, (the) universal Church, fathers, carpenters, & social justice.Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twenty-three, verses thirteen thru nineteen;
The Second Letter of Peter, chapter one (of three).
Mass Readings
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter seven, verses four thru five(A), twelve thru fourteen, sixteen;
Psalm Eighty-nine, verses two thru five, twenty-seven & twenty-nine;
The Letter to the Romans, chapter four, verses thirteen, sixteen thru eighteen, twenty-two;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter one, verses sixteen, eighteen thru twenty-one, twenty-four(A);
or, The Gospel according to Luke, chapter two, verses forty-one thru fifty-one(A).
Mass Journal: Week 3
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Two thousand years ago, a small group of people captured the attention & intrigued the imagination of the entire Western world. At first, these people were thought to be of no consequence, the followers of a man most considered to be nothing more than an itinerant preacher. But when this man was put to death, a dozen of his followers rose up & began telling people about his life& teachings. They began telling the story of Jesus Christ. They were not the educated elite of their time, they had no political or social status, they were not wealthy, & they had no worldly authority, yet from the very beginning people were joining this quiet revolutionary group one hundred at a time. This small group of people were the first Christians. They were the original followers of Jesus of Nazareth & the first members of what we know today as the Catholic Church.
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