Author: Christians for Christ Ministries
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 12-29-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we look at the readings from First Samuel, then Colossians, and finally the Gospel reading from Saint Luke.
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 12-22-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we open with the first reading from the Prophet Micah where we learn about a prediction God gave concerning the Messiah. Then we learn about Jesus’ high priestly ministry in the second reading from the Book of Hebrews. We close this week’s study with the Gospel…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 12-15-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we open with a reading from Zephaniah, one of the so-called “Minor Prophets,” largely because their 12 prophecies are shorter than the Major Prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah. Then we move to one of the Epistles of St. Paul, Philippians, a letter likely written from a…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 12-08-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week’s reading begins with a passage from the Apocrypha. We begin our exposition with the second reading, which then from Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi concludes with the Gospel reading from the third chapter of Luke. The Philippians passage allows us to see into the…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 12-01-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we open to the teaching of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah then move to one of the Apostle Paul’s letters to a young church in the earliest years of Christianity. Finally, we look at a prophetic portion of the Gospel of Luke. These are not easy…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 11-24-2024
This week we will see the rulership of Jesus from three different angles in the readings from the Mass. The first reading is an Old Testament prophecy about His dominion and kingdom being an everlasting establishment. The second reading, from the book of Revelation in the New Testament, confirms the eternal dominion and power that…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 11-17-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we open with a reading from Daniel 12 in which we study the combined event known as the rapture of the church, the return of the Lord, and the resurrection of the dead. Then we examine in the second reading how Jesus died for our sins…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 11-03-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we learn from the Book of Deuteronomy about the nature of God as One and the greatest commandment. We also discover the crucially important truths about God’s one time sacrifice He made on our behalf and learn something about the shadowy priest figure known Melchizedek. Finally,…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 10-27-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we open with a message of hope from the Prophet Jeremiah. The application is that although we as believers sin, God will ultimately fulfill all of His promises to us, including restoration and life with Him in a perfect kingdom. In the second reading from Hebrews,…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for 10-20-2024
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, Marla shares by opening with Isaiah 53: 10-11, which is part of a chapter that depicts in graphic detail Jesus’ suffering and death for our sin. Then she turns to a passage in Hebrews 4:14-16 that shows how Jesus has faced the same temptations we face…