Jonas a street urchin is desperate for bread Yet when he finds some knifewielding thugs steal it Then one day Jonas hears that Jesus the miracle worker is nearby While skeptical Jonas decides to see ...

Sunday, Aug. 1, is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35. “Would that we had died at the Lord’s hand in ...

Photo by Jake Blucker on Unsplash. In today’s Gospel, Jesus declares, “I am the bread of life.” Jesus often speaks in symbolic ways, especially in John. The symbol of the bread of life, the bread from ...

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The series is an educational non-sectarian collection of stories from the New Testament Bible, intended to encourage positive values and character traits in young people.