Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restJesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him.
… Read the restAmen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.
“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
John 12:32 (ESV)
Christ was handed over,
to gather into one the scattered children of God.
For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.
… Read the restHe passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?”
Whoever receives you receives me,
Matthew 10:40
and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
Whoever believes in me
believes in the one who sent me.
24th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
Luke 7:36-50 (Mark 14:3-9; Matthew 26:6-13; John 12:1-8)
The story of a woman anointing Jesus appears with varying details in all four Gospels and have given biblical scholars endless material to debate and criticize.… Read the rest
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
2 Corinthians 9:6-10; John 12:24-26
Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.… Read the rest
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 12:44-50
Since the time humankind began philosophizing, we have wondered about the nature of ultimate reality. What is it? Earth, air, fire, water? Atoms? Matter? Mind? Spirit?… Read the rest