Journey to Wholeness
While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.… Read the rest
The Key of David reveals Christ the King entrusting his authority to Peter, his steward, to govern his Church.… Read the rest
God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. … Read the rest
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” … Read the rest
I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Sorrow is not the end; through Christ, anguish gives way to unshakable joy that no one can take away.
Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. … Read the rest
Since the time of the early church, the Fathers associated Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John with the four “living creatures” in Revelation 4:7:
… Read the restThe first creature resembled a lion, the second was like a calf, the third had a face like that of a human being, and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.
The eternal Bridegroom and Bride form heaven’s royal temple, sealed in divine splendor.
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
Isaiah 61:10c
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest
I will rejoice heartily in the Lord,
Isaiah 61:10a
my being exults in my God.
Holy Mother Church, the new Jerusalem, rejoices as one Body and one Bride.… Read the rest
In the viper’s den, perfect love reigns—fear flees where Christ is victorious.
… Read the restThe baby shall play by the viper’s den,
and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.