Scripture Passages for a Thirty Day Retreat
Introductory and Principle and Foundation Themes
OPENNESS TO PRAYER
Luke 11:1-13 ========== Lord, Teach us to pray
- Psalm 13: 9:1-18 ========== Lord, you examine me and know me
- Romans 9: 26-35 ========== The Spirit gives us words to pray
- Isaiah 55 ========== Come, you who are thirsty -- listen
Matthew 6:7-13 ========== Lord, teach us to pray
- Deut 1: 31 ========== Yahweh is in front of you
- Deut 7: 7-10 ========== God's election and favour
- Deut 8: 5-6 ========== God is training you
Romans 8: 26-35 ========== The Spirit comes to help us
- Hosea 11:1- 4 ========== God's love for Israel
- Isaiah 43:1-7 ========== Liberation of Israel
- Isaiah 49:14-16 ========== I will never forget you
GOD'S LOVE
Isaiah 43:1-7 ========== You are precious in my eyes
- Isaiah 43 ========== Liberation of Israel
- Psalm 131 ========== Childlike trust in God
- John 14:15-28 ========== I will never forget you
John 14:14-28 ========== God's presence
- Genesis 2:15-17 ========== Tree of knowledge of good and evil
- Exodus 3:1-6 ========== Moses and the burning bush
- Daniel 3:51-90 ========== Song of the three young men
- Isaiah 6:1-9 ========== The call of Isaiah
- Isaiah 54:5-10 ========== The love of God
- Job 39:1-30 ========== Yahweh's response to Job
- Psalm 40 ========== Song of praise and prayer for help
- Psalm 62 ========== Hope in God alone
- Psalm 103 ========== God is love
- Psalm 104 ========== Glories of creation
- Psalm 139 ========== Lord, you examine me and know me
- Psalm 145 ========== Hymn of praise to Yahweh the king
- John 3 :22-36 ========== John bears witness to Jesus
Romans 8: 31-39 ========== With God on our side who can be against us
- Psalm 23 ========== The Lord is my shepherd
- Psalm 91 ========== God's protection
- Deut 1: 29-32 ========== God goes in front of you,don't fear
Psalm 103 ========== No less than the heights of heaven
- Deut 32:10-11 ==========Song of Moses
- Psalm 40 ========== Song of praise, prayer for help
- John 1:1-18 ========== Prologue to John
Deut 1:29-32 ========== Do not take fright...
- Isaih 49:14-16 ========== I will never forget you
- Matthew 11:25-30 ========== Good news revealed to little ones
- Psalm 63 ========== Desire for God
Hosea 11:1-9 ========== When Israel was a child
- Hosea 2:14-20 ========== Yahweh and his wife
- Deut 7:7-10 ========== God's election and favour
- Ephesians 1:3-14 ========== God's plan of salvation
- Psalm 145 ========== The Lord is kind and compassionate
Luke 12:22-32 ========== Lilies of the fields
- Psalm 33 ========== Hymn to Providence
- Psalm 33 ========== Hymn to Providence
- Psalm 63 ========== Desire for God
- Matthew 6:25-33 ========== Lilies of the field
- Psalm 8 ========== How great is Your Name
Genesis 1-2 ========== Accounts of creation
- Genesis 12:1-20 ========== Call of Abraham
- Genesis 17:1-22 ========== Covenant and circumcision
- Genesis 22:1-18 ========== Sacrifice of Isaac
Deut 28:10-22 ========== Creaturehood
- Psalm 19 ========== God's glory in the heavens
- Isaiah 2 ========== Peace, the coming of Yahweh
- Isaiah 6:1-13 ========== Call of Isaiah
- Isaiah 35:1-10 ========== Judgment of God, coming to save
- Isaiah 40 ========== Calling of the Prophet
- Isaiah 43:1-7 ========== Liberation of Israel
- Isaiah 55 ========== Listen, listen to me
Ezekiel 1-3:27 ========== Visions
Samuel 3:1-21 ========== Call of Samuel
Cor 1:3-11 ========== Blessing of Paul
AWE
Exodus 3:16 ========== Moses before the burning bush
- Psalm 19 ========== Heavens tell the glory of God
- Psalm 33 ========== Hymn to Providence
- Psalm 40 ========== Song of praise, prayer for help
- Psalm 104 ========== The glories of Creation
- Daniel 3:51-90 ========== Hymn of the three young men
- Luke 9:28-36 ========== Transfiguration
- John 14:15-28 ========== God's presence
DEPENDENCE
Psalm 139 ========== O God you know me
- Psalm 62 ========== Hope in God alone
- Job 1:21 ========== Naked I came, naked I shall return
- Job 38 ========== Where were you... the foundation
- Isaiah 35:1-10 ========== Judgment of God, come to save
SERVICE AND CALL
1 Samuel 3:1-21 ========== Call of Samuel
- Deut 7:7-10 ========== God's election and favour
- Isaiah 6:1-13 ========== Call of Isaiah
- Genesis 12:1-20 ========== Call of Abraham
- Luke 1:26ff ========== Annunciation
- Luke 6:12-16 ========== Call of the Apostle
- John 3:22-36 ========== John bears witness...last time
TRUST
Deut 1:29-32 ========== Yahweh is in front of you
- Deut 7:7-10 ========== God's election and favour
- Deut 8:5-6 ========== God is training you
- Psalm 23 ========== The Lord is my shepherd
- Psalm 131 ========== Childlike trust in God
- Isaiah 49:14-16 ========== I will never forget you
- Matthew 11:25-30 ========== The good news revealed
- Mark 10:17-27 ========== Jesus and the rich young man
- Luke 12:22ff ========== Do not be anxious -trust in Providence
- Ephesians 4 ========== A call to unity, new life in Christ
- Luke 11:13 ========== Father will give what you ask
USE OF CREATURES
Genesis 1-2 ========== Story of creation
- Jeremiah 10:1-17 ========== Idolatry
- Isaiah 40 ========== Idolatry
- Genesis 2:15-17 ========== Tree of good and evil
- Daniel 3:51-90 ========== Song of the young men
- Jonah ========== Call, using what comes to you
CREATUREHOOD
Job 1:21 ========== Naked I was born, naked I shall return
- Job 38:1-40 ========== Bowing to the creator's wisdom
- Job 14:1-22 ========== On human misery
- Deut 33:9-22 ========== Covenant, promise, and curse
- Exodus 3:1-6 ========== Moses and the burning bush
- Wisdom 11:21-27 ========== God's forbearance
- Isaiah 6:1-9 ========== Call of Isaiah
- Psalm 19 ========== The heavens declare the glory of God
- Psalm 104 ========== The Lord my God, how great you are
- Colossians 1:15-20 ========== Christ, head of all creation
HOLY INDIFFERENCE
Genesis 22:1-18 ========== Abraham and Isaac
- Isaiah 45:9-13 ========== Supreme power of Yahweh
- Jeremiah 18:1-12 ========== Clay in the potter's hands
- Matthew 11:25 ========== Revelation to little ones
- Hebrews 11:17-19 ========== Abraham and Isaac
- Phil 3:7-11 ========== Advantage of knowing Christ
- Phil 1:21-26 ========== Living vs. dying
- Phil 4:11-13 ========== Know how to be with Christ
- 1 Cor 9:19-23 ========== Making self all for all
THE NEARNESS AND CARE OF GOD
Isaiah 6:1-9 ========== Call of Isaiah
- Isaiah 43 ========== You are precious in my eyes
- Isaiah 54:5-10 ========== Yahweh is like a good husband
- Hosea 11:1-9 ========== When Israel was a tot, I loved him
- Hosea 2:14-20 ========== Yahweh and his unfaithful wife
- Psalm 145 ========== God only acts out of love
- Romans 8:31-39 ========== God's call to share his glory
- Ephesians 1:3-14 ========== God's plan of salvation
- Revelation 21:1-17 ========== Behold the dwelling of God
MAGIS
1 Samuel 3:1-14 ========== Call of Samuel
- Wisdom 9:1-12 ========== Prayer for wisdom
- Ephesians 3:14-21 ========== Paul's prayer
- John 3:22-32 ========== John The Baptist bears witness for the last time
- Luke 1:26-38 ========== Annunciation and Mary's response
SINNER IN EXILE
Luke 15:11-32 ========== The Prodigal Son
- Luke 15 ========== Parables on mercy of God
- Isaiah 63:7-19 ========== Psalm of reconciliation
- Psalm 36 ========== Wickedness -- goodness of God
- Psalm 51 ========== Have mercy on me, O God in your goodness
- Psalm 90 ========== The human condition
- Psalm 104 ========== The glories of creation
- Baruch 1:15--3:18 ========== Confession of sins
- Psalm 8 ========== What is man, that you are mindful
- Luke 8:26-39 ========== Unclean spirits -- Gerasene demoniac
- Romans 1:18-32 ========== God gave us up to our own blindness
- 2 Cor 4-5 ========== Mercy of God
THE SIN OF THE ANGELS
2 Peter 2:1-22 ========== God did not spare the angels
- Jude 6 ========== Sinfulness
- Mark 8:31-33 ========== First prophecy of the passion
- John 8:44 ========== The devil was a murderer
- 1 John 3:3-9 ========== He who commits sin is of the devil
THE SIN OF ADAM
Genesis 3:1-13 ========== Sin of Adam and Eve
- Genesis 1:26-27 ========== People are made in the image of God
- 2 Peter 2:1-22 ========== False teachers and punishment
- Romans 1:18-32 ========== God's anger against the pagans
- Romans 7:14-25 ========== The inward struggle
- Romans 5:12-21 ========== Sin entered the world through on
- Genesis 3:1-4--:11 ========== Sin of Adam and Eve and Cain
- Wisdom 14:22-31 ========== Consequences of Idolatry
- Sirach 40:1-11 ========== The wretchedness of humans
THE SIN OF ONE PERSON
Ezekiel 36:25-29 ========== I shall pour clean water over you
- Psalm 139 ========== Lord, you examine me and know me
- Matthew 5:21-30 ========== The new standard
- Matthew 7:1-5 ========== Do not judge
Genesis 4:1-16 ========== Sin of Cain
- Genesis 6:5-22--7:ff ========== The story of the flood
- James 1:13-18 ========== Everyone tempted
Mark 7:14-23 ========== Clean and unclean
- John 8:1-11 ========== Woman caught in adultery
- 2 Peter 1:3-11 ========== Call to Christian living
- Sirach 15:11-20 ========== Man is free
Luke 16:19-31 ========== Rich man and Lazarus
- Luke 19:41-44 ========== Lament for Jerusalem
- Matthew 13:36-43 ========== Parable of the good seed
- Matthew 13:47-50 ========== Parable of the dragnet
- 1 John 2:8-11 ========== Love your brother
- John 17:12 ========== I kept those given to me
- Revelation 3:14-20 ========== I will vomit out the lukewarm
- Revelation 14:6-13 ========== Announcing the day of judgment
- Revelation 20:1-15 ========== The reign of a thousand years
- Hebrews 10:26-31 ========== The danger of apostasy
Luke 18:9-14 ========== Pharisee and the Publican
- 1 John 1:5-10 ========== If we say we have not sinned
- Romans 5:6-10 ========== Christ died for the sinful
- James 3:2-4, 17 ========== Uncontrolled language
- 2 Peter 3:1-18 ========== The day of the Lord
- Sirach 18:1-14 ========== The greatness of the Lord
Ezekiel 16:1-63 ========== Allegorical history of Israel
- Psalm 51 ========== Miserere
- Psalm 6 ========== Prayer in ordeal
- Psalm 32 ========== Candid admission of sin
- Psalm 36 ========== Wickedness of sinner, God's goodness
- Psalm 38 ========== Prayer in distress
- Psalm 90 ========== The human condition
- Psalm 102 ========== Prayer in misfortune
- Psalm 130 ========== Lord, listen to my cry for help
- Psalm 143 ========== Lord, listen to my pleading
- Wisdom 1:1-4 ========== Wisdom never makes way... soul
- Wisdom 7:6-30 ========== Pray and get understanding
- Wisdom 9:ff ========== Prayer for wisdom
- Proverbs 3:1-12 ========== How to acquire wisdom
- Matthew 5:43-48 ========== Love of enemies
- 1 Cor 13:1-13 ========== Love is the greatest
2 Samuel 11:1-12 ========== Sin of David
- Ezekiel 23:1-19 ========== Idolatry
- Ephesians 4:17-24 ========== New life in Christ
- Mark 14:10-11, 17-21 ========== Judas betray Jesus
- 2 Samuel 12:1-15 ========== Nathan accuses David of adultery
- Hebrews 10:26-31 ========== He insults who insults the spirit of grace will be condemned
- 2 Cor 5:17-21 ========== New creation in Christ
Romans 7:14-25 ========== Instead of the good, I sin
- John 8:1-11 ========== Woman in adultery
- Luke 10:25-37 ========== The greatest commandment
- Galatians 4:3-7 ========== Proof of the sons of God
1 John 2:12-17 ========== Detachment from the world
- 2 Samuel 11:1-12 ========== Sin of David
- Ezekiel 35 ========== The end of Edom
- Matthew 16:13-23 ========== Peter's profession of faith
- Colossians 2:16-23 ========== False asceticism
- 1 John 5:14-17 ========== Prayer for sinners
- Mark 7:1-23 ========== Jesus rebukes Pharisees
- 1 John 1:5-1 ========== Not a sinner, then a liar
THE NATURE OF SIN
Romans 8:6ff ========== Enmity with God
- Ezekiel 28:2-20 ========== Wishing to be as God
- Jeremiah 18:13ff ========== Forgetting God
- Isaiah 30:8ff ========== Not wanting to hear God
- Isaiah 42:18-25 ========== Not wanting to hear God
- Isaiah 5:20ff ========== Calling evil good and good evil
- Jeremiah 7:21-28 ========== Not wanting to hear God
- Jonah ========== Flight from the presence of God
- Jeremiah 32:33ff ========== Turning back on God
- Baruch 1:15ff ========== Obstinate with God
- Micah 6:1-5 ========== The Lord puts His people on trial
HELL AND JUDGMENT
Matthew 25:31-46 ========== Parable of the Last Judgment
- Revelation 3:14-22 ========== Neither hot nor cold
- Revelation 14:6-13 ========== Wind of God's fury
- Matthew 25:14-30 ========== Parable of the talents
- Ezekiel 16:1-63 ========== As for your birth
Matthew 21:33-46 ========== Wicked husbandmen
- Ezekiel 18 ========== Individual responsibility
- Isaiah 5:1-7 ========== Love song of the vineyard
- John 12:31-36 ========== Prince of this world overthrown
- Luke 16:19ff ========== Rich man and Lazarus
Luke 12:16-21 ========== Rich young man and barns
- Matthew 25:31-46 ========== Wicked husbandmen
- 1 Peter 4:1-6 ========== Conversion
- Sirach 41:1-15 ========== Death and the damned
- Job 1:21 ========== God gives, and God takes
Luke 7:36-50 ========== Woman who washes the feet of Jesus
- Psalm 143 ========== A humble entreaty
- Matthew 22:1-14 ========== Parable of the wedding feast
- John 8:1-11 ========== Woman in adultery
- Luke 6:27-35 ========== Love of enemies
- Isaiah 49; 55:6-9 ========== Nearness and remoteness of God
- 2 Kings 5:1-14 ========== Naaman healed
Psalm 51 ========== Miserere
- Exodus 19:1-8 ========== Covenant at Sinai
- John 6:32-58 ========== Bread of life
- Romans 9:14-18 ========== God is not unjust
Ephesians 2:1-10 ========== Generous love of God
- Ephesians 3 ========== Paul, servant of the mystery
- Hebrews 4:12-16 ========== The word of God and the priest
- Psalm 136 ========== Litany of thanksgiving
- Psalm 103 ========== God is love
- Luke 15 ========== Three Parables of God's mercy
Wisdom 17 ========== Hell
- Matthew 21:33-46 ========== Parable of wicked husbandmen
- Matthew 22:1-14 ========== Parable of the wedding feast
- Matthew 25:1-13 ========== Parable of the ten bridesmaids
- Matthew 25:24-30 ========== Parable of the talents
THE KINGDOM
John 10:1-18 ========== Jesus the good shepherd
- John 1:29-34 ========== John the Baptist's testimony of Jesus
- Luke 8:1-3 ========== The women accompanying Jesus
- Luke 9:23-26 ========== The condition of following Jesus
- Matthew 4:18-22 ========== The call of the first four disciples
Philippians 3:7-16 ========== All I want to know is Christ Jesus
- 2 Cor 11:23-12:10 ========== I boast of my own weakness
- 2 Cor 12:7-13 ========== For the sake of Christ I am content with insults
- 2 Cor 5:15-20 ========== The apostolate in action
- Matthew 16:24-27 ========== Condition of following Christ
Luke 5:1-11 ========== Call of the apostles
- John 4:1-42 ========== The woman at the well
- Luke 12:22-32 ========== Trust
- Luke 12:51-53 ========== I have not come to bring peace but the sword
- Luke 14:25-35 ========== Renouncing all that one holds dear
- Colossians 1:15-29 ========== Christ is the head of all creation
- Philippians 3:7-16 ========== Count everything lost
- 1 Cor 4:9-13 ========== Fools for the sake of Christ
- John 12:44-50 ========== I am the light of the world
EXERCISES OF THE SECOND WEEK
Incarnation -- Nativity -- Early Hidden Life
John 1:1-5, 9-14 ========== In the beginning was the Word
- Isaiah 52:7-10 ========== The awakening of Yahweh and of Jerusalem
- Ephesians 1:3-14 ========== God's plan of salvation
- Titus 3:4-7 ========== His compassion saves us
Luke 2:1-7 ========== The Nativity
Luke 1:46-55 ========== Magnificate of Our Lady
- Psalm 40 ========== Song of praise, prayer for help
- Hebrews 10:1-10 ========== Old sacrifices ineffective
- John 1:1-8 ========== Prologue to Gospel
- Philippians 2:5-9 ========== Prayer, Jesus state was divine...
- Isaiah 43:1-5 ========== Liberation of Israel
Luke 2:8-20 ========== Visit of the Shepherds
- Deut 32 ========== Song of Moses
- Hebrews 1:1-13 ========== The greatness of the incarnate Son of God
- Luke 1:68-79 ========== Benedictus
- Romans 16:25-27 ========== Doxology
- 2 Chron. 5:1-10 ========== The ark is brought to the temple
Wisdom 18:14-15 ========== Down from heaven leapt your word
- 1 John 1:1-4 ========== The incarnate word
Luke 2:22-39 ========== Presentation in the temple
- Psalm 71 ========== An old man's prayer
- Psalm 84 ========== Pilgrimage song
- Psalm 128 ========== Blessing for the devout
Luke 1:68-79 ========== The benedictus
- Romans 16:25-27 ========== Doxology
- Ezra 3:7-13 ========== The resumption of worship
- Psalm 72 ========== The promised King
- Psalm 73 ========== Triumph of justice
- Romans 8:1-17 ========== The life of the spirit
Matthew 2:13-18 ========== Flight to Egypt -- Innocents
- Exodus 19:3-8 ========== Yahweh promises a covenant
- Psalm 54: ========== An appeal to the God of justice
- Psalm 55: ========== Prayer in time of persecution
- Hosea 11:1-4 ========== God's love despised, his vengeance
- Jeremiah 31 ========== God loved you
- Hebrews 11 ========== On faith
Matthew 2:1-12 ========== Visit of the Magi
- Psalm 23 ========== The Lord is my shepherd
- Psalm 72 ========== The promised king
Matthew 2:19-23 ========== Return from Egypt
- Genesis 22 ========== The sacrifice of Isaac
- Psalm 127 ========== Trust in providence
- Matthew 6:25-34 ========== God and money, trust in providence
Luke 2:51-52 ========== Obedience of Jesus
- Sirach 3 ========== Duties toward parents
- Phil 4:10-20 ========== Paul's thanksgiving prayer
- Colossians 3:12-17 ========== You are God's chosen race
- Hebrews 2:9-18 ========== Jesus is crowned with glory
Luke 2:41-50 ========== Finding in the temple
- Matthew 12:46-50 ========== True kinsmen of Jesus
- Matthew 19:10-12 ========== Continence
- 1 Timothy 6:11-16 ========== Timothy's vocation recalled
Matthew 2:23 ========== He will be called a Nazarene
- Deut 11:18-21 ========== Keep my words with you
- Exodus 6:20-25 ========== Genealogy to David
Colossians 3:1-4 ========== Hidden in Jesus
- Romans 12:ff-15:ff ========== Paul's exhortation
- 2 Timothy 1:6-11 ========== The gifts Timothy has received
TWO STANDARDS
John 8:31-51 ========== Pharisees, the devil is your father
- Galatians 5:16-25 ========== Fruits of the flesh vs. fruits of the Spirit
- Ephesians 6:10-20 ========== The spiritual war
- James 3:1-12 ========== Uncontrolled language--sin
Revelation 12:1-6 ========== Dragon making war on.... offering
- Mark 4:1-20 ========== Parable of the sower
- 2 Thess. 2:4-12 ========== Mystery of iniquity at work
- Matthew 13:24-30 ========== Weeds and wheat parable
- 1 Peter 5:6-11 ========== Devil goes about as a roaring lion
1 Timothy 6:3-10 ========== Self conceit, love of money
- Luke 6:17-26 ========== Beatitudes
- Philippians 2:1-18 ========== Preserve unity in humility
- Matthew 8:18-22 ========== Hardships of the Apostolic calling
- Mark 10:35-45 ========== Sons of Zebedee make their request
1 Peter 2:18-3 --3:17 ========== Slaves be obedient to your masters
- Philippians 3:7-16 ========== Because of Christ we consider all worthless
- 1 John 4:1-6 ========== Enemies of Christ
- 1 Peter 4:12--5:11 ========== Recapitulation
- Romans 8:38-39 ========== What will separate us from Christ
Matthew 5:10-12 ========== Blessed are you when men reject you
- Matthew 18:1-5 ========== Who is the greatest
- Mark 6:30-44 ========== Christ feeds the 5,000
THREE CLASSES OF PEOPLE
Luke 18:18-30 ========== The rich young man
- Luke 9:57-62 ========== Apostolic hardships
- Luke 12:13-21 ========== The parable of the rich fool
- Luke 16:19-31 ========== The rich young man and Lazarus
- Matthew 6:24-34 ========== God and money
- 2 Cor 6:1-10:12 ========== Fellow workers for Christ
- Matthew 25:14-30 =========The parable of the talents
PUBLIC LIFE OF JESUS
Luke 3:1-20 ========== The preaching of John the Baptist
- Luke 7:18-20 ========== John the Baptist's question
- Isaiah 50:4-11 ========== Third song of the servant of Yahweh
- Romans 8:18-39 ========== Glory as our destiny
Matthew 3:13ff ========== Jesus leaves home
- Psalm 42 ========== Lament of a Levite in exile
- Psalm 63 ========== Desire for God
- Mark 3:31-35 ========== Who are my mother and brothers?
- Luke 14:25-33 ========== Renouncing all that one holds dear
Matthew 3:13-17 ========== Baptism at the Jordan
- Matthew 3:1-12 ========== The preaching of John the Baptist
- Acts 10:34-38 ========== The good news brought by Christ
Romans 6:1-14 ========== We were baptized into his death
- Luke 3:21-38 ========== Jesus is baptized--his genealogy
Matthew 4:1-11 ========== Jesus is tempted in the desert
- Hebrews 4:14-5:10 ========== The word of God; Christ the priest
- Hebrews 10:1-18 ========== The old sacrifices are ineffective
- Romans 5:18-21 ========== Adam; Jesus Christ
- Luke 4:1-13 ========== Jesus is tempted
- Jeremiah 31;31-34 ========== The new covenant
Hebrews 2:14-18 ========== Essential he should be like his brothers
- Psalms 91 ========== God's protection
- Psalm 94 ========== The justice of God
- Mark 8:31-33 ========== The first prophecy of the passion
Luke 4:16-30 ========== Jesus at Nazareth
- Isaiah 41 ========== Calling of Cyrus
- Isaiah 61 ========== The mission of the prophet
- Matthew 13:10-17 ========== Why Jesus speaks in parables
- Luke 4:16-30 ========== Jesus at Nazareth
- Luke 4:31-44 ========== Jesus begins his ministry by curing of a demoniac
- Isaiah 42:1-4 ========== First song of the servant of Yahweh
- Ephesians 5:6-21 ========== Against loose living
- James 1:1-18 ========== Trials a privilege
CALL OF THE APOSTLES
Luke 5:1-11 ========== I will make you fishers of men
- Matthew 4:18-22 ========== I will make you fishers of men
- Matthew 9:9-17 ========== The call of Matthew, joy of the call
- Matthew 10 ========== The apostolic discourse
- Luke 16:13 ========== Serve only one master
- Matthew 19 ========== The aspects of the call
- Matthew 10:17-23 ========== On the persecution of missionaries
- 2 Cor 1:19-20 ========== He is our Yes
John 1:35-51 ========== The call of John, Andrew, Peter
- Matthew 23:8-12 ========== All brothers, only one master, Christ
- Luke 22:24-30 ========== Who is the greatest
- John 15:9-17 ========== Keep my commandments
- John 4:1-42 ========== The woman at the well
OLD TESTAMENT CALLS
Exodus 3 =======The call of Moses
- Genesis 12 ========== The call of Abraham
- 1 Samue l 3 ========== The call of Samuel
- Isaiah 6:1-9 ========== The call of Isaiah
- Jeremiah 1:1-3 ========== The call of Jeremiah
- Ezekiel 1-3 ========== The call of Ezekiel
THREE DEGREES OF HUMILITY
Luke 6: 20-23 ========= Beatitudes
- Acts 5: 40-42 ========== The flogging of the apostles
- 1 Peter 4:12-16 ========== Recapitulation--insults for Christ
2 Cor 6: 4-10 ========== Servants -- fortitude in suffering
- 1 Cor 1: 21-32 ========== Foolishness of God is wiser than men
- 2 Cor 4: 4-7 ========== Preach Jesus as Lord
- James 2 ========== Works and service go with faith
PUBLIC LIFE CONTINUED
John 2: 1-12 ========== The miracle at Cana
- Matthew 15:21-28 ========== Daughter of the Canaanite woman
- Matthew 13:44-46 ========== The parable of the treasure and the pearl
- Luke 14:15-24 ========== Invited guest who made excuses
John 4:1-42 ========== The woman at the well
Luke 11:1-13 ========== Jesus at prayer
- Luke 11:1-4 ========== Our Father
- Luke 11:5-11 ========== Friend to friend
- Luke 11:12-13 ========== Father to child
- Luke 18:1-8 ========== Persistence
- Luke 9:18-21 ========== Peter's profession of faith
- Luke 5:15-16 ========== Going to be alone and pray
- Luke 6:12-16 ========== Prayer before the choice of the twelve
- Luke 18:9-14 ========== The Pharisee and the Publican
- Matthew 14:13-21 ========== First miracle of the loaves
- Isaiah 63:7-19 ========== Psalm of reconciliation
- Galatians 4:6-7 ========== Spirit cries, Abba Father
- Romans 8:14-17 ========== Children of God
Luke 19:47-48 ========== Jesus preaching
- John 2:13-25 ========== The cleansing of the temple
- Matthew 6:1-6 ========== Almsgiving in secret
- Psalms 119:137-152 ========== Zeal for your Father's house
- Luke 10:29-37 ========== The parable of the good Samaritan
- Luke 21:1-4 ========== The parable of the widows mite
- Matthew 25:14-30 ========== The parable of the talents
Luke 6:17-49 ========== The sermon on the mount
- Isaiah 58 ========== Inward religion must be observances
- Matthew 5,6,7, ========== The sermon on the mount
- John 6:1-15 ========== The multiplication of the loaves
- John 6:22-71 ========== The bread of life discourse
Matthew 14:22-33 ========== Jesus walks on the water
- Psalm 91 ========== God's protection
- Psalm 107 ========== God our refuge in all dangers
- Matthew 8:23-27 ========== Jesus calms the storm
John 10:1-18 ========== Jesus, the door to the sheepfold
- Psalm 23 ========== The Lord is my shepherd
- Ezekiel 34 ========== Search for my sheep
Luke 10:38-42 ========== Jesus with Martha and Mary
- Luke 4:1-3 ========== The temptation in the wilderness
- Luke 18:15-17 ========== Jesus with the children
- Luke 19:41-44 ========== Lament for Jerusalem
- John 12:1-11 ========== The anointing at Bethany
- Matthew 26:6-10 ========== The anointing at Bethany
John 11:1-44 ========== The raising of Lazarus
- Psalm 130 ========== From the depths I call to you
- Ezekiel 37:1-14 ========== Dry bones
- John 6:22-71 ========== The bread of life discourse
- Luke 18:35-43 ========== The healing of the blind man
Luke 8:4-15 ========== The parable of the sower
- Ephesians 6:19ff ========== Speak the Gospel of Jesus without fear
- Revelations 12:1-17 ========== The vision of the woman and the dragon
Luke 10:29-37 ========== The Good Samaritan--love
- Ezekiel 34 ========== Search for my sheep
- Luke 10:38-42 ========== Martha and Mary
Luke 16:1-13 ========== The Crafty Stewart
- Isaiah 9;1-7 ========== Ephiphany
- John 3:16-21 ========== Live in the light
Luke 9:28-36 ========== Transfiguration
THE THIRD WEEK
Passion and Death of Our Lord
Matthew 21:1-17 ========== Jesus enters Jerusalem
- Luke 13:34-35 ========== Jerusalem admonished
- Luke 19:41-44 ========== Lament for Jerusalem
- Psalm 93 ========== The majesty of God
- Psalm 118 ========== God's love is everlasting!
Matthew 26:1-14 ========== The anointing at Bethany
- John 11:45-54 ========== The Jewish leaders decide the fate of Jesus
- Psalm 27 ========== In God's company there is no fear
Luke 22:7-23 ========== Last supper
- Exodus 12:1-14 ========== The Passover
- Exodus 24:1-11 ========== Covenant ratified
- Psalm 113 ========== To God glorious, the merciful
- Psalm 114 ========== Hymn for Passover
- Psalm 115 ========== The on true God
- Psalm 116 ========== Thanksgiving
- Psalm 117 ========== Summons to praise
- Psalm 118 ========== Processional hymn, -- tabernacles
- Matthew 26:20-30 ========== Treachery of Judas, last supper
John 13:1-15 ========== Jesus washes the disciples feet
- Matthew 20:17-23 ========== Third prophecy of the passion
- John 15:12-17 ========== No greater love
- John 17:1-26 ========== Priestly prayer of Christ
Luke 22:39-46 ========== Agony in the garden
- Mark 14:32-42 ========== Agony in the garden
- John 15:18-27 ========== The hostile world
- Hb. 4:14--5:10 ========== Christ the high priest
- John 18:1-19 ========== Betrayal by Judas
Luke 22:54-62 ========== Peter's denials
- Jeremiah 11:18-23 ========== Jeremiah persecuted in his own town
- Psalm 22 ========== My God, why have you forsaken me
- Psalm 23 ========== The Lord is my shepherd
- John 10:1-18 ========== The Good Shepherd
John 18:12-24 ========== Jesus before Annas and Caiphas
- Psalm 64 ========== The punishment of slanders
- Psalm 69 ========== Lament
- Psalm 70 ========== A cry of distress
Matthew 26:57-68 ========== Night session with the Sanhedrin
- Luke 22:66-71 ========== Morning session with the Sanhedrin
- 1 Peter 2:1-10 ========== New priesthood, integrity
- Psalm 142 ============ Prayer of a hunted man
- Psalm 143 ========== A humble entreaty
- Isaiah 50:4-7 ========== Third song of the servant
- Matthew 27:3-10 ========== The death of Judas
Matthew 26:69-75 ========== Denial of Peter
Luke 22:54-62 ========== Denial of Peter
Luke 23:1-7 ========== Jesus before Pilate
- Psalm 38 ========== Prayer in distress
- Psalm 40 ========== Prayer of praise--prayer for help
- Psalm 102 ========== Prayer in misfortune
- Isaiah 52:13ff ========== Suffering servant
- Isaiah 53:12ff ========== Suffering servant
Luke 23:8-25 ========== Jesus before Herod and Pilate
John 18:28--1:16 ========== Last trial with Pilate
Matthew 27:26-31 ========== Scourging, crowning with thorns
- 1 Cor 1:17-31 ========== Shame the wise by choosing the weak
- 2 Cor 4:7-18 ========== Trials and hopes of the Apostolate
- Romans 5 ========== Christ died for us while we were still sinners
Luke 23:26-32 ========== The Way of the Cross
Matthew 27:32ff ========== The Way of the Cross
Luke 23:33-46 ========== Crucifixion
- Psalm 22 ========== My God, why have you forsaken me
- Psalm 31 ========== Prayer in time of ordeal
- Psalm 88 ========== Lament
- Philippians 2:6-11 ========== He empties himself for us
- Galatians 2:17-21 ========== Good news as proclaimed by Paul
John 19:17-37 ========== Crucifixion
- John 19:25-27 ========== Seven last words
- John 19:28-30 ========== Seven last words
- Matthew 27:46-47 ========== Seven last words
Luke 23:47-54 ========== Jesus taken down from the cross
- Isaiah 42:1-9 ========== First song of the suffering servant
- 1 Cor 1:17-31 ========== True wisdom and false
- Hebrews 9:11 -28 =========Christ seals the new covenant with his blood
Luke 23:52-56 ========== Burial
HOLY SATURDAY
Psalm 42 ========== Lament for Levite in exile
- Psalm 74 ========== The destruction of the temple
- Psalm 130 ========== From the depths
- Wisdom 3:1-9 ========== Destines of good and bad men
- Wisdom 4:7-15 ========== Premature death of virtuous men
- 1 Peter 3:18-- 4:19 ========== Resurrection 7 the descent to hell
THE FOURTH WEEK
Resurrection and Contemplation to Obtain Divine Love
JESUS APPEARS TO MARY
Psalm 116 ========== Thanksgiving
Luke 1:46-55 ========== The Magnificat
Ephesians 1:3-14 ========== God's plan of salvation
Mark 16:1-8 ========== Jesus appears to the women
- Psalm 2 ========== The messianic drama
- Psalm 19 ========== Yahweh, sun of righteousness
- Psalm 24 ========== Hymn for solemn entry to the sanctuary
- Psalm 118 ========== Processional hymn feast of the tabernacles
John 20:11-18 ========== Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
- Isaiah 30:19-26 ========== The coming of prosperity
- Isaiah 35:1-10 ========== The judgement of God
- Isaiah 43 ========== Liberation of Israel
Luke 24:13-35 ========== Appearance on the road to Emmaus
- Psalm 62 ========== Hope in God alone
- Acts 10:34-43 ========== Good news of peace brought by Christ
- 1 Cor 1:17 ========== True wisdom and the false
- Ephesians 1:15-23 ========== Triumph and supremacy of Christ
Luke 24:36-49 ========== Jesus appears to the Apostles
- Hosea 6:1-3 ========== Third day he will raise us up
- Ezekiel 37:1-14 ========== Dry bones
- Acts 2:22-32 ========== Preaching the resurrection
- 1 Cor 15 ========== The fact of the resurrection
- Philippians 3:7-14 ========== I count all as lost that I have Christ
Philippians 4:4-9 ========== The Lord is very near
- Galatians 5:1-6 ========== Christian liberty
- 1 Peter 4:7-19 ========== Hold unfailing in your love for one another
John 21 ========== Appearances to the Apostles omn Lake Tiberius
- Luke 22:31-34 ========== Peter's denial and repentance foretold
- 2 Cor 1:3-7 ========== Father is a gentle Father
- 2 Peter 1:12-13 ========== The apostolic witness
Matthew 28:16-20 ========== Mission to the World
- Isaiah 43:8-13 ========== Yahweh alone is God
- John 14:15-31 ========== The sending of the Spirit
- Colossians 1:15-20 ========== Christ the head of all creation
Acts 1:1-11 ========== Ascension
- Luke 24:44-53 ========== Ascension last instructions to the apostles
- Revelations 21:1-7 ========== The heavenly Jerusalem
Acts 9:1-22 ========== Conversion of Paul
THE CONTEMPLATION TO ATTAIN DIVINE LOVE
Point One
Psalm 104 ========== The glories of creation
1 John 4:7--5:4 ========== Love and faith
Psalm 136 ========== Litany of thanksgiving
1 Cor 4:7-13 ========== Servants of Christ
Ephesians 4:10 ========== Christ fills all things
Point Two
Psalm 139 ========== The praise of God's omniscience
Hosea 11:1-4 ========== When Israel was a child
Isaiah 54:5-10 ========== The love of Yahweh
Point Three
Psalm 136 ========== Litany of thanksgiving
John 3:16-17 ========== God loved the world so much He sent His Son
Hebrews 1:1-7 ========== Greeting, new heart
Romans 8:14-39 ========== Children of God
Point Four
Ephesians 1:3-14 ========== God's plan of salvation
1 John 1:1-4 ========== The incarnate word
Background
Exodus 15:1-18 ========== Song of victory
Deut 11:1-32 ========== Canticle of Moses
Job 38:1--42:1-6 ========== Injunctions to Israel
Colossians 1:9-23 ========== Reach full knowledge
Colossians 3:1-4 ========== Life-giving union with Christ
Colossians 3:12-17 ========== You are God's chosen race
1 John 3:1-3 ========== Live as God's children
1 John 5:1-21 ========== Love God's children
Ephesians 3:4-21 ========== Know the love of Christ
Revelations 21:1-8 ========== New heaven, new earth
Revelations 22:1-21 ========== Spirit and the Bride say come