Journey to Wholeness
In the desert of Lent, we fast from food but feast on the Word of God. The ancient practice of lectio divina, or sacred reading, invites us to chew on the words of Scripture and savor them.
John’s Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Lent exalts Jesus, who has power over life and death.… Read the rest
For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at last he will stand upon the earth;
and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
then from my flesh I shall see God.
… Read the restSome Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ Now
… Read the restJesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him.
… Read the restHerod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John