Journey with Scripture

Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs 2 Timothy 1:1–3, 6–12 Paul is in prison.

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 2 Peter 3:12–15a, 17–18 Sometimes we look at the world and wonder:

Monday, Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr 2 Peter 1:2–7 Have you heard these words? “Faith without works is dead.”

Trinity Sunday Exodus 34:4b–6, 8–9; 2 Corinthians 13:11–13; John 3:16–18 “For God so loved the world.” We know the sentence. Maybe too well.

Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Jude 17 Jude gives a simple command: Remember.

Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Peter 4:7–13 How do you build a community that does not fall apart? Peter gives three stones:

Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Peter 2:2–5, 9–12 Some truths cannot be understood from far away. You cannot understand bread by looking at a photo.

Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Peter 1:18–25 Peter speaks today of an empty way of life. But he does not speak of it as a small problem.

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest 1 Peter 1:10–16 Salvation. We use the word often.

Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Genesis 3:9–15, 20; John 19:25-34 The Bible does not begin with perfect people. It begins with beauty.

Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1–11; 1 Corinthians 12:3–7, 12–13; John 20:19–23 Holy Spirit, Breath of the living God, come and dwell in us. You hovered over the first darkness, when the earth was still without form.

Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 28:16–20, 30–31; John 21:20–25 Some endings feel unfinished. A good book closes, but the heart wants one more chapter.

Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 25:13b–21 Rome had a file. A prisoner named Paul. A case from Jerusalem. A dispute among Jews. No clear crime. No obvious danger.

Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 22:30; 23:6–11 There are nights when courage is gone. We feel weak. We feel overwhelmed. The heart is tired. The mind cannot rest.

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 20:28–38 Sometimes one sentence can change a life. A sentence that enters the heart and does not leave.

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 20:17–27 There are words we say only when goodbye is near. They are not casual words. They are not small talk.

Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 19:1–8 Ephesus was a great city. Busy streets. Many gods. Many voices. Many promises.

Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1–11; Ephesians 1:17–23; Matthew 28:16–20 It begins on a mountain in Galilee. The eleven are there. They have come far with Jesus. They have heard him. Followed him. Failed him. Seen him risen.

Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:23–28 Apollos is impressive. He is intelligent. He speaks well. He knows the Scriptures. He is passionate. He is on fire. And yet, he still needs help.

Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:9–18; John 16:20–23 What is trust?

Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle Acts 1:15–17, 20–26; John 15:9–17 We know almost nothing about Matthias.

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 Paul arrives in Athens and sees a city full of idols.

Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 16:22–34 Most of us do not pray like Paul and Silas. If we were beaten, humiliated, thrown into prison,

Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 16:11–15 Sometimes the Gospel enters a place in a way nobody expected.

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 8:5-8.14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 In two weeks the Church will sing again: Come, Holy Spirit. We know the story of Pentecost.