RELIGION AND ART

King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James the brother of John, and when he saw that this pleased the Jews he decided to arrest Peter as well.  This was during the days of the Unleavened Bred, and he put Peter in prison, assigning four squads of four soldiers each to guard him in turns. Mass Readings He meant to try Peter in public after the end of Passover week.  All the time Peter was under guard the Church prayed to God for him unremittingly.... Letter of Paul to Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone.  I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his appearing..... Matthew 16:13-19 "But you, He said, 'who

Brothers and sister: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus  were baptized into his death?  We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death,  so that, just as Christ was raised from dead by the glory of the  Father, we too might live in newness of life. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall  also live with him.  We know that Christ, raised from the dead,  dies no more; death no longer has power over him.  As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God.  Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as dead to sin and living for  God in Christ Jesus.  Mass Readings Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for creating this awareness in me, that I am baptized into your body.  Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for the privilege of knowledge. Father in heaven help live the life I am called upon to live  through through Jesus Christ I pray.  Man is lonely by Birth

"Lord I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it.  Readings at Mass Lord Jesus Christ, you praised the Centurion for his unwavering faith.  It is one of the prayers we say during consecration at Holy Mass. Help me to not allow my worries make me loose focus on you. With you I have nothing to fear.

After Jesus had come down from the mountain large crowds followed him.  A leper now came up and bowed down low in front of him. "Sir if you want to, you can cure me." Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said, "Of course I want to! Be cured!." And his leprosy was cured at once. The Jesus said to him, "Mind you do not tell anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence for them."  Mass Readings Lord Jesus Christ, teach me to be humble. Thank you for caring for my needs. You do not overlook any details. To protect the man from authority, and his integration into the society, you asked him to show himself to the priest and make the prescribed offering.  Psalm 13