Weekly devotionals from Father Joe Pordifio, Father Dan Barker, and Deacon Peter Fenoff
The following Collect (prayer) is appointed for this Sunday: "Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever."Growing up in an Italian family was a wonderf...
Keep ReadingTowards the end of his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul wrote:"Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you"(1 Corinthians 15:1-2).Our word "gospel" comes from a Greek term meaning "good news." It...
Keep Reading"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Theref...
Keep Reading"I sought the Lord, and he answered me and rescued me from all my fears.Those who look to him are radiant with joy; their faces will never be ashamed.This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles.The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them.The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to the...
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