Christ Unlocks the Kingdom

“Christ Unlocks the Kingdom”
Matthew 23:13-22 “in a snailshell”
Monday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. 

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Lent, Day 12

“Lent, Day 12”
Matthew 23:10
Liturgy of the Hours, Canticle of Zechariah
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
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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.

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The Love of a Mother Hen

“The Love of a Mother Hen”
Luke 13:34 (and Matthew 23:37) “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Yerushalaim is the transliteration of Jerusalem. Click phonetics for the pronunciation of Yerushalaim.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He

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The Kingdom of God

Christ Pantocrator, Mosaic from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.

32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)

Luke 17:20-25

Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’Read the rest