Thus says the Lord: / Observe what is right, do what is just; / for my salvation is about to come, / my justice about to be revealed. / Blessed is the one who does this, those who hold to it; / Who keep the sabbath free from profanation, / and their hands from any…[read more]
Fear not, you shall not be put to shame; / you need not blush, for you shall not be disgraced. / The shame of your youth you shall forget, / the reproach of your widowhood no longer remember. For he who has become your husband is your Maker; / his name is the Lord of…[read more]
I am the Lord, there is no other; / I form the light, and create the darkness, / I make well-being and create woe; / I, the Lord, do all these things. Isaiah 46: 6-7 At that time, John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the…[read more]
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ The son said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he changed his mind and went. The man…[read more]
Let all humanity be silent before the Lord! For he is awaking and is coming from his holy dwelling. Zechariah 2: 17 Any reflection on our current world, or for that matter on all of human history, cannot escape the recognition that left to our own devices human beings will inevitably descend into varying degrees…[read more]
The deaf, that day,/ will hear the words of a book/ and, after shadow and darkness,/ the eyes of the blind will see. But the lowly will rejoice in Yahweh even more/ and the poorest exult in the Holy One of Israel. . . . Isaiah 20: 18-9 The other day on the way…[read more]
Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like those wise ones who build their houses on rock. The rain fell, the…[read more]
But they will not ask the Lord’s help unless they believe in him, and they will not believe in him unless they have heard of him and they will not hear of him unless they get a preacher, and they will never have a preacher unless one is sent, but as scripture says: “The footsteps…[read more]
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,/and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;/The calf and the young lion shall browse together/with a little child to guide them. Isaiah 11: 6 At that moment Jesus exulted in the Holy Spirit. He said, “I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth,…[read more]
Yahweh will come and rest/ on the whole stretch of Mount Zion/and on those who are gathered there,/a cloud by day, and smoke,/and by night the brightness of a flaring fire./ For over all, the glory of Yahweh/will be a canopy and a tent/to give shade by day from the heat,/refuge and shelter from the…[read more]
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