Coins of Heaven’s Treasury

Icon of Holy Communion

Saturday After Ash Wednesday

Luke 5:27-32

The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, โ€œWhy do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?โ€

Luke 5:30

The banquet at Leviโ€™s house was a preview of paradise when Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will recline with “tax collectors and sinnersโ€ at the feast in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 8:11).… Read the rest

Who is the “Son of David”?

The Psalms scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

9th Week in Ordinary Time, Friday

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, โ€œHow do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said:

โ€˜The Lord said to my lord,
โ€œSit at my right hand
until I place your enemies under your feet.โ€โ€™

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