{"content":[{"text":"St. Peter’s, Holy Guardian Angels and St. John the Baptist Parishes \n (902) 535-2053 \n Rev. John Yake, I. V. Dei","bbox":{"left":0.122588,"top":0.074422,"width":0.754307,"height":0.05594300000000001}},{"text":"Bulletin email: bulletinsjbsp@gmail.com","bbox":{"left":0.279837,"top":0.144657,"width":0.44014600000000004,"height":0.022071000000000007}},{"text":"April 18, 2021","bbox":{"left":0.421258,"top":0.181704,"width":0.157462,"height":0.021929000000000004}},{"text":"Third Sunday of Easter","bbox":{"left":0.368121,"top":0.218133,"width":0.2636260000000001,"height":0.021929000000000004}},{"text":"Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in \n the breaking of the bread. As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among \n them. But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. \n And he said to them, \"Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your \n hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a \n spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.\" (Luke 24:35-39)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.446335,"width":0.7544890000000001,"height":0.10788700000000001}},{"text":"Sunday Readings \n The first reading, taken from the Acts of the Apostles 3:13-15, 17-19, relates the \n story of Peter and John's meeting with a man crippled from birth who asked them \n for alms. Peter said he had neither gold nor silver, but he would give him \n something better and proceeded to heal him.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.597552,"width":0.746024,"height":0.08967599999999998}},{"text":"The second reading is from the first Letter of John 2:1-5. In this extract the \n Apostle is urging his fellow-Christians to avoid sin. If they should sin, they are to \n admit their fault and seek pardon, which will be given in abundance. He has in \n mind the Gnostic heretics of the time who did not keep God's commandments and \n yet held that they were not sinning by violating them. John exhorts Christians not \n to imitate these heretics.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.700551,"width":0.750483,"height":0.10774799999999995}},{"text":"The Gospel is from St. Luke 24:35-48. Our Lord's glorious resurrection is the \n crowning miracle of his sojourn on earth among men. It is the foundation and \n cornerstone of our Christian religion. His death on Calvary proved that he was \n really human; his resurrection proved he was also divine. During his public life he \n had claimed to be God. Had that claim been untrue God the Father could not have","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.821504,"width":0.7519890000000001,"height":0.09002899999999991}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.377451,"top":0.256429,"width":0.245098,"height":0.148065}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.377451,"top":0.256429,"width":0.245098,"height":0.148065}]}