Computer Cud         Vatican II asks us to read the Bible every day,   'to have a burning love'   for the Word of God              Resolution

This plan follows the Sunday liturgy:     reading + psalm + reading + gospel                  From  www.simplebible.info 

O Holy Spirit, please guide me as I read these passages for today. 
May these passages give me hope, strength, wisdom, courage and peace for my daily life 

Some kings in the north combined to fight the Israelites.
But the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel.

Eventually the whole country had rest from war,
and the land was divided up among the 11 tribes.

So it was that the Lord gave the Israelites all the land
he had sworn to give their ancestors.
They took possession of it and settled there.

The Lord granted them peace on all their frontiers
just as he had sworn to their ancestors.

Of all the promises that the Lord had made to the House of Israel,
not one failed.  All were fulfilled.

Dear Lord,  please give peace to nations troubled by war

All peoples, clap your hands, cry to God with shouts of joy.
For the Lord, our Creator, we must love and honor,
great king over all the earth.

Especially in his holy city is the Lord worthy to be praised.
Praise is fitting in Mount Sion, our earth's most sacred site.

O God, as we pray in your temple,
our hearts meditate on your love.

May peoples and rulers everywhere
acknowledge and love you as Creator of the Universe

Let all the peoples praise you,
 Lord. Let all the peoples praise you

When Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free.
Stand firm then and do not return to a life of slavery to Jewish Law

As a Christian, it doesn't matter if you are circumcised or not.
What matters is faith that is put into loving action

Jesus, help people whose lives are being damaged by unreasonable religious laws

After he rose from the dead, Jesus appeared first to Mary of Magdala,
from whom he had cast out 7 devils.
Next  he appeared to two of his disciples while they were on a journey

Then he appeared to the 11 apostles.
He said to them "Go everywhere in the world.
Proclaim the Good News to all creation.
Anyone who believes and is baptized, will be saved.
Anyone who refuses to believe, will be condemned

These are the signs that will be associated with believers:
- in my name they will cast out devils
- they will have the gift of tongues
- they will pick up snakes in their hands
- they will be unharmed if they drink poison
- they will lay their hands on the sick, who will be healed"

And so, the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up to heaven,
while they, going out, preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them and confirming their message
by the miracles that accompanied the message

Lord Jesus, may more and more people all over the world
 believe in you