6/3/11 cblog JESUS REMINDS US OF TOUGH TIMES BUT HE IS ALWAYS w/ US; St. JOHN , san diego, 545p m: " welcome to all..returning ..welcome back..paul arrives at corinth..meets w aquila & wife priscila ..everywhere paul goes he finds people against the teaching of Jesus ..people needed to change their hearts & actions..imag difficulties...opposition so strong..paul may have feared for life..God tells paul to continue on..later he's in prison..but god is there...lesson to us..despite how much we suffer..illness pain..god makes sure we can handle it ...writes letters to people of corinth..be strong.persevere..letters to corinthians..thru the letters ..reminded god jesus always there..no matter the circ .." in out gospel ..pain before pleasure..disappointment short time..after..gloriousness comes..blessing first reading..no matter how diff..something better will come..build house in sand..praise god will help u rebuild on rock ...Jesus reminds s..tough times..but he is w us....be filled w joy u..promse "
Acts 18:9-18 "One night while Paul was in Corinth, the Lord said to him in a vision,“Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you. No one will attack and harm you, for I have many people in this city.” He settled there for a year and a half and taught the word of God among them. But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, saying,“This man is inducing people to worship God contrary to the law.” When Paul was about to reply, Gallio spoke to the Jews,“If it were a matter of some crime or malicious fraud I should with reason hear the complaint of you Jews; but since it is a question of arguments over doctrine and titles and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of such matters.” And he drove them away from the tribunal. They all seized Sosthenes, the synagogue official, and beat him in full view of the tribunal. But none of this was of concern to Gallio. Paul remained for quite some time, and after saying farewell to the brothers he sailed for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had shaved his head because he had taken a vow ."
R God is king of all the earth. or R. Alleluia
John 16.20-23 "Jesus said to his disciples“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived but when she has given birth to a child she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”
