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Saint Peter as Pope  by  Rubens Wiki Commons Images Read the Bible in a Year | My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Come join us at any time!  Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV (Enriching Our Worship 1) Today’s Reading - 12/15/2019     Day 349 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:25 12/16/2019     Day 350 1 Peter 3:1 – 5:14 Reflection | Today - Chapter 1 - a thanksgiving to God for giving us, Jesus. Rejoice no matter the trials. You are elect and holy people in Christ. Although We are as brief as grass, the Word of the Lord lasts forever. Chapter 2 - Rid yourself of all evil and be nurtured as a mother to child by what God can feed you. You have been bought and now are Pure. You are chosen, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people. You were not a people but now you are God’s...

St. Peter the Apostle - Museum of the Warsaw Archdiocese 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 9/19/2019     Day 262 Mark 7:1 – 8:38 Reflection | Today - Jesus is challenged by church leadership on Tradition vs Belief. Jesus changes the purity tradition - what comes out defiles.  Jesus goes to Tyre hoping not to get noticed and heals a girl following the pleas of a desperate Gentile woman: Jesus heals a deaf man; feed another large crowd of people; Pharisees ask for a sign - Jesus gives no sign - watch out for the Pharisees; Jesus heals a blind man and then asks his disciples who people say he is? Peter you are the Messiah. The Son of Man must suffer - Peter says No - Jesus says yes I will suffer. Take up your cross and follow me...

https://www.antiochpatriarchate.org/en/page/habakkuk-the-prophet/898/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Today’s Reading 8/23/2019     Day 235 Habakkuk 1:1 – 3:19 Reflection | Today - The conversation between Habakkuk and God is a back And forth question and answer period where God is not giving direct answers to the question and Habakkuk is not making any suggestions either. Why are we suffering if You are God? Background |  Background by Center of Biblical Studies.   More background by My Jewish Learning. Habakkuk complains about the suffering of the community under tyrants. How do we trust God in suffering? Note the prayer of the prophet in 3:1-19. +++ The Next Days of Readings | 8/24/2019     Day 236 Zephaniah 1:1 – 3:20 8/25/2019     Day 237 Haggai 1:1 – 2:23 8/26/2019     Day 238 Zechariah 1:1 – 4:14 8/27/20...