Category: Connect Sunday
Connect Sunday
December 23, 2022
Isaiah 52:7-10
Hebrews 1:1-6
John 1:1-18
We are easily misled. Media stories often leave us wondering what really happened. Faked photos of astounding things go ‘viral’ and many believe they are real.
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November 25, 2022
Isaiah 2:1-5
Romans 13:11-14
Matthew 24:37-44
“Brothers and sisters: You know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep.” — Romans 13:11
There is an old-fashioned phrase that always charms me when I see it,
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November 18, 2022
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
2 Samuel 5:1-3
Colossians 1:12-20
Luke 23:35-43
Above him, there was an inscription that read, “This is the King of the Jews” (Luke 23:38).
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October 28, 2022
Wisdom 11:22-12:2
2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2
Luke 19:1-10
Today is the day we can discover a new way of living, a way that is truly fulfilling and empowering.
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October 21, 2022
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Luke 18:9-14
St. Dorotheus of Gaza said, “In some kinds of trees, no fruit is produced as long as the branches grow upwards;
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October 14, 2022
Exodus 17:8-13
2 Timothy 3:14-4:2
Luke 18:1-8
…Pray always, without becoming weary. — Luke 18:1
For the first nine months of my daughter’s life,
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October 7, 2022
2 Kings 5:14-17
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19
Naaman was cured of leprosy by dipping seven times in the Jordan according to the prophet Elisha’s instructions.
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September 30, 2022
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4
2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14
Luke 17:5-10
After hearing Jesus teach about what the future inevitability will bring and the need to offer unconditional forgiveness regardless of circumstances,
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September 23, 2022
Amos 6:1a, 4-7
1 Timothy 6:11-16
Luke 16:19-31
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.
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September 4, 2022
Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14
1 Timothy 1:12-17
Luke 15:1-32 Or Luke 15:1-10
An Excerpt from: Spiritual Freedom: God’s Life-Changing Gift by Fr. Dave Pivonka,
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September 2, 2022
Wisdom 9:13-18b
Philemon 9-10, 12-17
Luke 14:25-33
“This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.” – Luke 14:30
If I had to choose one of the Bible’s 31,102 verses to have inscribed on my tombstone,
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August 12, 2022
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10
Hebrews 12:1-4
Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!