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Category: <span>Week Thirty</span>

Category: Week Thirty

WEEK THIRTY – THURSDAY – NOVEMBER 2, 2017 TRUE BREAD FROM HEAVEN (Jn 6:37-40)

Prayer: O Jesus, you are the true Bread of Life. Imagination: (Picture Jesus teaching the crowds.) Context: In their debate with Jesus, the crowd talks about the great sign of manna which God sent to Moses and the Israelites. (Ex 16:4) Jesus uses this Old Testament story to reveal that …

WEEK THIRTY – WEDNESDAY – NOVEMBER 1, 2017 Feast of All Saints THE FIRST FOUR BEATITUDES – PART 1 – (MT 5:1-5)

Prayer – O Jesus, call me to a special goodness and help me to be a faithful disciple. Imagination – (Picture Jesus preaching to the disciples). Context: Matthew’s teachings are broken into five sections, (like the five books of Moses). The beatitudes are Jesus’ first major teaching. Matthew, seeing a …

WEEK THIRTY – TUESDAY – OCTOBER 31, 2017 THE SMALL BEGINNINGS (LK 13:18-21)

Prayer – O Jesus, plant your powerful Kingdom in my heart. Imagination: (Picture Jesus preaching to the crowds) Context: These two little parables are excellent images of the reign of God. The mustard seed and the leaven are both small but powerful. As they are planted, people learn how forceful …

WEEK THIRTY – MONDAY – OCTOBER 30, 2017 THE DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM (LK 13: 10-17)

Prayer – O Jesus, stretch out your hand. With your power set me free. Imagination 🙁 Picture Jesus in the synagogue.) Context: In Luke’s gospel, Jesus is about to proclaim that God’s Kingdom is open to all. He starts with the most humble, curing a stooped woman in a synagogue. …

WEEK THIRTY – SUNDAY – A – OCTOBER 29, 2017 THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (MT: 22:34-40)

Prayer – O Holy Spirit, send your divine fire to help me love God and my neighbor. Imagination: (Pictures Jesus speaking to the Pharisees and the crowds.) Context: The rabbis had 613 commandments. Therefore, to ask what commandment is the greatest was a usual question. However, the Pharisees approach Jesus …

OCTOBER 29, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – SATURDAY – THE PLACES AT TABLE

(Luke 14:7-11) Prayer: Dear Jesus, let me see suffering as a part of your saving plan for me. Imagination: (Picture Jesus trying to explain his future suffering to his disciples.) Context: Peter has just proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah. Because of his faith, Jesus has given to Peter the keys …

OCTOBER 28, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – FRIDAY – ANOTHER SABBATH HEALING

(Luke 14: 1-6) Prayer: Lord Jesus, heal my infirmities. Imagination: (Picture Jesus at table with the Pharisees.) Context: In Luke’s gospel, Jesus spends much time at table. Usually, controversy erupts. Here, Jesus heals a man and the story focuses more on the controversy than on the healing. Gospel Text: (Read …

OCTOBER 27, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – THURSDAY – JESUS AND JERUSALEM

(Luke 13:31-35) Prayer: O Jesus, let me follow you to Jerusalem. Imagination – (Picture Jesus with his disciples and the Pharisees.) Context: Seemingly, the Pharisees are warning Jesus to leave Herod’s territory. Really, they want him to go to Jerusalem where they have more power. Jesus knows their plans and …

OCTOBER 26, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – WEDNESDAY – THE CLOSED DOOR

(Luke 13:24-30) Prayer – O Jesus, you are my Lord and Saviour Imagination: (Picture Jesus with His disciples.) Context: By this parable, Jesus confronts his hearers. They understand, all too well, what He means. He comes to their villages, preaches in their streets and eats with them. Yet, they do …

OCTOBER 25, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – TUESDAY – THE SMALL BEGINNINGS

(Luke 13:18-21) Prayer – O Jesus, plant your powerful Kingdom in my heart. Imagination: (Picture Jesus preaching to the crowds) Context: These two little parables are excellent images of the reign of God. The mustard seed and the leaven are both small but powerful. As they are planted, people learn …

OCTOBER 24, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – MONDAY – THE DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM

(Luke 13: 10-17) Prayer – O Jesus, stretch out your hand. With your power set me free. Imagination 🙁Picture Jesus in the synagogue.) Context: In Luke’s gospel, Jesus is about to proclaim that God’s Kingdom is open to all. He starts with the most humble, curing a stooped woman in …

OCTOBER 23, 2016 – WEEK THIRTY – SUNDAY (C) – THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX COLLECTOR

(Luke 18:9-14) Prayer – O Lord, fill me with light that I would see my sinfulness. Imagination: (Picture Jesus with His disciples) Context: The two men both arrive at the hour of prayer (either 9:00AM or 3:00PM). Three aspects mark the Pharisee – his prominent position, the sins he has …

OCTOBER 31, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – SATURDAY – THE PLACES AT TABLE

(Luke 14:7-11) Prayer: Dear Jesus, let me see suffering as a part of your saving plan for me. Imagination: (Picture Jesus trying to explain his future suffering to his disciples.) Context: Peter has just proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah. Because of his faith, Jesus has given to Peter the keys …

OCTOBER 30, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – FRIDAY – ANOTHER SABBATH HEALING

(Luke 14: 1-6) Prayer: Lord Jesus, heal my infirmities. Imagination: (Picture Jesus at table with the Pharisees.) Context: In Luke’s gospel, Jesus spends much time at table. Usually, controversy erupts. Here, Jesus heals a man and the story focuses more on the controversy than on the healing. Gospel Text: (Read …

OCTOBER 29, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – THURSDAY – JESUS AND JERUSALEM

(Luke 13:31-35) Prayer: O Jesus, let me follow you to Jerusalem. Imagination – (Picture Jesus with his disciples and the Pharisees.) Context: Seemingly, the Pharisees are warning Jesus to leave Herod’s territory. Really, they want him to go to Jerusalem where they have more power. Jesus knows their plans and …

OCTOBER 28, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – WEDNESDAY – THE CLOSED DOOR

(Luke 13:24-30) Prayer – O Jesus, you are my Lord and Saviour. Imagination: (Picture Jesus with His disciples.) Context: By this parable, Jesus confronts his hearers. They understand, all too well, what He means. He comes to their villages, preaches in their streets and eats with them. Yet, they do …

OCTOBER 27, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – TUESDAY – THE SMALL BEGINNINGS

(Luke 13:18-21) Prayer – O Jesus, plant your powerful Kingdom in my heart. Imagination: (Picture Jesus preaching to the crowds) Context: These two little parables are excellent images of the reign of God. The mustard seed and the leaven are both small but powerful. As they are planted, people learn …

OCTOBER 26, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – MONDAY – THE DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM

(Luke 13: 10-17) Prayer – O Jesus, stretch out your hand. With your power set me free. Imagination 🙁Picture Jesus in the synagogue.) Context: In Luke’s gospel, Jesus is about to proclaim that God’s Kingdom is open to all. He starts with the most humble, curing a stooped woman in …

OCTOBER 25, 2015 – WEEK THIRTY – SUNDAY (B) – THE BLIND BEGGAR

(Mark 10:46-52) Prayer: O Jesus, I cry out to you in great hope. Imagination: (Picture Jesus with the crowd and a beggar by the roadside.) Context: This journey to Jerusalem began with Jesus healing a blind man and culminates with another healing of blindness. This contrasts with the disciples’ growing …