July 2008 Archives

Do or do not. There is no try.

--Yoda, 'The Empire Strikes Back'

Get in touch with who you are. Lead with your own unique style. Be yourself and let God use you.

--Rick Warren

Oh God,

You are peace.

From you comes peace,

To you returns peace.

Revive us with a salutation of peace,

And lead us to your abode of peace.

Matthew 27:55-66

55 Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, "Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise again.' 64 Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception would be worse than the first." 65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can." 66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

From the New Revised Standard Version. Reprinted with permission from HarperBibles.

Hear Today's Lectionary Reading

Reading I: Jeremiah 18:1-6
Responsorial Psalm: 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab
Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:47-53

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