Truth

1^st Reading:  Acts 18:1-8

Gospel:  Jn 16:16-20

…”Truly I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices.  You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.”

Holy Spirit Equals Christian Precision

1^st Reading:  Act 17:15, 22 – 18:1*

…Yet, he is not far from any one of us.  For, in him, we live and move and have our being; as some of your poets have said:  for we, too, are his offspring.  If we are indeed God’s offspring, we ought not to think of divinity as something like a statue of gold or silver, a product of human art and imagination…

Pursuit of Righteousness

1^st Reading:  Acts 16:22-34

…Even at that hour of the night, the jailer took care of them and washed their wounds; and he, and his whole household, were baptized at once.  He led them to his house, spread a meal before them and joyfully celebrated with his whole household his newfound faith in God.

Integrity in its Simplest Form

1^st Reading:  Acts 16:11-15

…As she listened, the Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.  After she had been baptized, together with her household, she invited us to her house, “If you think I am faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.”  And she persuaded us to accept her invitation.

Homeschooling Prayers

For six years since 2008, homeschooling has changed my perspective in a lot of ways.  At first it was a struggle to survive the school year without losing my sanity. It was a constant battle of thinning patience and guilt.  At one time I would be the super tolerant mom who is slow to anger but then often times I would turn into a monster-like mom who would explode at a slightest provocation.