The Faith of a Centurion

โ€œThe Faith of a Centurionโ€
Luke 7:1-10 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him.

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Signs of the Kingdom

Icon of Jesus and the Centurion

12th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)

Matthew 8:5-17

Jesusโ€™ fame as a healer spread far and wide in Palestine, attracting not only lepers but foreigners like the Roman centurion. Jews did not associate with either group; one was โ€œunclean,โ€ the other was โ€œGentile.โ€… Read the rest

Following Christ

The Crucifixion, Mosaic in the Monastery of Hosias Lukas.

5th Week of Easter, Saturday

โ€œIf the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.โ€

John 15:18

From the moment of Christโ€™s birth, danger loomed as news of an infant king reached the ears of King Herod.… Read the rest