Journey to Wholeness
When they lead you away and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say. But say whatever will be given to you at that hour.
“Do you see that the love of God is intertwined with our own and connected like a sort of chain? Thus, it sometimes says that there are two commandments, sometimes only one.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.
I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:11
Greater love has no one than this:
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You brought a vine out of Egypt;
Psalm 80:8 (9)
you drove out nations and planted it.
I AM the true vine,
and my Father is the vine grower.
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
5th Week of Easter, Friday
John 15:12-17
“I have called you friends.”
Extraordinary words uttered by Jesus. Greek philosophers like Aristotle had already proven for centuries that friendship with the gods was impossible.… Read the rest