Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.”
… Read the restWhile he was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
… Read the restJesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.
… Read the restWhile he was saying these things to them, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died.
… Read the rest“No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
… Read the restAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.”
… Read the restHe entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
“Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’
For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Friday of the First Week of Advent
Isaiah 29:17-24; Matthew 9:27-31
A drunk and rebellious world spins recklessly out of control (Isaiah 24:20; 28:1; 28:7; 29:9), but sober intoxication from the springs of divine grace is promised from on high, declares the prophet Isaiah.… Read the rest