Journey to Wholeness
“Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’
For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
How does God’s love draw us toward him as his blooming arrow for eternity?
… Read the restYou were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient. All
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
… Read the restThen Jesus went from that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
… Read the restThe word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you. So
… Read the restThere was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
… Read the restWrath and anger, these also are abominations,
yet a sinner holds on to them.
The vengeful will face the Lord’s vengeance;
indeed he remembers their sins in detail.
Good Friday
John 18-19
There is no greater proof that Jesus is the Son of God than his love for his enemies. In the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was arrested, Peter’s swift reaction in cutting off the right ear of the high priest’s slave captured the all-too-human impulse toward retaliation.… Read the rest
Saturday After Epiphany
1 John 5:14-21
…yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me.
Galatians 2:20
… Read the restWe know that no one begotten by God sins; but the one begotten by God he protects, and the evil one cannot touch him.
28th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
Psalm 119:41-48; Luke 11:37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.… Read the rest