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**Thu - Ascension of the Lord (5-21) **
Acts 18:1-8:
Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, an native of Pontu, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to visit them and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked for they were tentmakers by trade. Every Sabbath, he entered into discussions in the synagogue, attempting to convince both Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to occupy himself totally with preaching the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” So he left there and went to a house belonging to a man named Titus Justus, a worshipper of God; his house was next to a synagogue. Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.
Ps 98:
The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power…
St Jn 16:16-20:
Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one another, ‘What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘a little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me.’ and ‘because I am going to the Father’?” So they said, “What is this ’little while’ of which he speaks? We do not know what he means. Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing with one another what I said, ‘a little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me”? Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.”
Our grief (at being sinners, having to fight evil all the time, having to put up who our president is
)
will turn to joy…
That’s the good news…
The bad news is: Our grief will not turn to joy until we get to Heaven… (which may be a very long time… what with Purgatory and all…
uch: ::knight2: :heaven:
Acts 18:1-8:
Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, an native of Pontu, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to visit them and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked for they were tentmakers by trade. Every Sabbath, he entered into discussions in the synagogue, attempting to convince both Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to occupy himself totally with preaching the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” So he left there and went to a house belonging to a man named Titus Justus, a worshipper of God; his house was next to a synagogue. Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.
Ps 98:
The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power…
St Jn 16:16-20:
Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one another, ‘What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘a little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me.’ and ‘because I am going to the Father’?” So they said, “What is this ’little while’ of which he speaks? We do not know what he means. Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing with one another what I said, ‘a little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me”? Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.”
Our grief (at being sinners, having to fight evil all the time, having to put up who our president is
)will turn to joy…
That’s the good news…
The bad news is: Our grief will not turn to joy until we get to Heaven… (which may be a very long time… what with Purgatory and all…
uch: ::knight2: :heaven: