Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restWhen the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
The shepherds went in haste and found Mary and Joseph,
with the child cradled in a manger.… Read the rest
What existed before the Big Bang—and did Saint John touch it?
… Read the restBeloved:
What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we looked upon
and touched with our hands
concerns the Word of life —
for the life was made visible;
we have seen it and testify to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life
that was with the Father and was made visible to us—
what we have seen and heard
we proclaim now to you,
so that you too may have fellowship with us;
for our fellowship is with the Father
and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
… Read the restStephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.
In November during this Jubilee Year of Hope 2025, I had the privilege of traveling to Italy with a group of pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens.… Read the rest
… Read the restJesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?”
… Read the restOn the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus
… Read the restThe people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah. John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming.
“Where is the newborn king of the Jews?
We saw his star at its rising
and have come to do him homage.”
… Read the restChildren, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning.