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Day 67 - Of Hats and Worship

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Prayer Suggestion | Prayer for All Saints Day | Dear God, thank you for the example of the Saints. I desire to join in their company, worshiping you forever in Heaven. Please help me follow in their footsteps, and yours, Jesus Christ. Please help me to conform myself to Your image, seeking Your will in all things, as the Saints did. Please help me to devote myself, and all that I do, to Your glory, and to the service of my neighbors. Amen. Read more at: https://www.praymorenovenas.com/prayer-saints-day +++ The Bible in Time | Monday | All Saints Day New Testament Study | Today - Day 67 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 10 : Next - Day 68 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 11 : +++ Reflection Today’s Reading -    Dear Friends in Christ,  In today’s reading, Paul the Apostle is focusing on behavior in worship and the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. What can I say… Paul seems to have a bugaboo about women wearing hats or head coverings in worship. I am deeply apprec...

Day 282 & Day 283 - Last Supper, Arrest, Crucifixion, Death, and Tomb

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Jesus Before Pilate - First Interview James Tissot - Brooklyn Museum - Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at any time!  Let the words of our mouths, and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our salvation. Amen Today’s Reading - 10/9/2019       Day 282 Luke 22:1 – 71 10/10/2019     Day 283 Luke 23:1 – 56 Reflection | Today - Chapter 22 - Jesus has his last meal with his disciples - the Passover - institutes the Lord’s Supper/Holy Communion/ Eucharist/Mass as celebrated in the universal Church since that day; Who is the greatest? The least!; You will be with me on the last day. I will be betrayed by you. Jesus prayed at the Mount of Olives; he was betrayed by Judas and arrested. Tried by the High Priest (religion), denied by Peter, tried by religious leaders - convicted of blasphemy. Chapter 23 - Jesus is brought before Pilate (g...

Day 266 - Jesus Last Days & Passover

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St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Findlay, Ohio Eucharistic stained glass window depicting bread and wine Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Let the words of our mouths, and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our salvation. Amen Today’s Reading 9/23/2019     Day 266 Mark 14:1 – 72 Reflection | Today - This section begins the Passion of Jesus as he heads to the resurrection. A woman cleans Jesus’ feet with oil at the Passover. Judas betrays in a plot with high priests. Jesus and the disciples have the Passover meal; predicts His betrayals; institutes Holy Communion/Eucharist/Lord’s Supper; Jesus prays- arrested- interrogated - false testimony - Denied by Peter; the rooster crows for the second time.  Background |  Background by Center of Biblical Studies.   More Mark by Mark Powell Scholars think that Mark was ...