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August_31

SHARING BREAD
12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Luke 24:12 (NIV)
The apostle John invites us to a wider horizon of our verse for today.  In his gospel, we find him chronicling the [...]

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August_28

SHARING BREAD
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them [...]

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August_26

SHARING BREAD
4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! [...]

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August_24

SHARING BREAD
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Luke 24:1-3 (NIV)
The faithful female followers [...]

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August_21

SHARING BREAD
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.
Luke 23:55-56 (NIV)
Ever at Jesus’ side, these women followed Him and [...]

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August_19

SHARING BREAD
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took [...]

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August_17

SHARING BREAD
49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
Luke 23:49 (NIV)
Those who knew and loved Jesus stood at a distance striving to assimilate what they were beholding.  What appeared to be the worst they could have imagined was in all [...]

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August_14

SHARING BREAD
47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.
Luke 23:47-48 (NIV)
There is no doubt about it; Christ’s behavior draws attention even from a hardened [...]

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August_12

SHARING BREAD
44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he [...]

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August_10

SHARING BREAD
39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done [...]

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