Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 24 June, Year B, First Reading (Acts 13:22-26)

22 After removing Saul, he [God] made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ 23 “From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised. 24 Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all

A Warning (Philippians 3:2)

2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.  There is no denying there is a sharp change of tone here. Remember Paul dictated his letters and probably a new idea occurred to him so he suddenly introduced it. He may also have dictated his letters over several sessions and thought of a

Do Not Grumble (Philippians 2:14-16)

14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not