Journey to Wholeness
Through bold faith, friends lower a paralytic to Jesus, revealing His divine authority in the healing of a paralytic—body and soul.… Read the rest
… Read the restA Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.
… Read the restThen Peter approaching asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
… Read the restHe entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
… Read the restWrath and anger, these also are abominations,
yet a sinner holds on to them.
The vengeful will face the Lord’s vengeance;
indeed he remembers their sins in detail.
Good Friday
John 18-19
There is no greater proof that Jesus is the Son of God than his love for his enemies. In the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was arrested, Peter’s swift reaction in cutting off the right ear of the high priest’s slave captured the all-too-human impulse toward retaliation.… Read the rest
The year of Jubilee looked forward to the restoration of God’s kingdom, like the Our Father prayer Jesus taught to his disciples:
… Read the restOur Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
28th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
Psalm 119:41-48; Luke 11:37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.… Read the rest
19th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
Matthew 18:21—19:1
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?”… Read the rest
5th Week of Easter, Saturday
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.”
John 15:18
From the moment of Christ’s birth, danger loomed as news of an infant king reached the ears of King Herod.… Read the rest