Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restNow I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with Godโs stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past.
… Read the restNow when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And
We adore your Cross, O Lord,
we praise and glorify your holy Resurrection,
for behold, because of the wood of a tree
joy has come to the whole world.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.โ
… Read the restFilled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.
Ash Wednesday begins with the sober remembrance of our expulsion from the Garden of Eden. โFor you are dust, and to dust you shall return,โ the Lord God pronounced after Adamโs transgression (Genesis 3:19).… Read the rest
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
When this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:Death is swallowed up in victory.
… Read the restโWhoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Fatherโs glory with the holy angels.โ
… Read the restNow Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, โWho do people say that I am?โ They
… Read the restโWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If