Journey to Wholeness
The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.… Read the rest
… Read the restI tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God.
Who truly holds power over your soulโearthly threats or the One who judges for eternity?
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.… Read the rest
How does the blood of Abel to Zechariah lead us back to God to accept the redemption offered by Christ?… Read the rest
Then one of the scholars of the lawย said to him in reply, โTeacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.โ… Read the rest
Purity of heart involves cleansing the inner self through heartfelt almsgiving, not just performing superficial rituals.
While Jesusย was speaking,ย a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.… Read the rest
A faithless generation, condemned by Ninevites and the Queen of the South, faces Jesusโ challenge through the sign of Jonah.… Read the rest
… Read the restJesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
True blessedness lies in hearing and keeping Godโs word, as exemplified by the Blessed Virgin Mary.
As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, โBlessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!โย … Read the rest
And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, will his kingdom stand?ย And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own peopleย drive them out?… Read the rest