Journey to Wholeness
Christ empowers his followers with divine authority, treading on serpents and overcoming evil, as heirs with him in the victory of the Cross.… Read the rest
… Read the restJesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority.
… Read the restHe came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
… Read the restHe proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field.
… Read the restSo the Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Ash Wednesday begins with the sober remembrance of our expulsion from the Garden of Eden. “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” the Lord God pronounced after Adam’s transgression (Genesis 3:19).… Read the rest
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
It is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
… Read the restThe Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”
… Read the restThe glory of the Lord entered the temple by the eastward gate,
and the house of God was filled with his splendor.
The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:10
The abundant life of grace mirrors the magnanimous fecundity of our Creator.… Read the rest