Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said: “What are you willing to give me that I should hand him over to you?” They determined on thirty pieces of silver for him. Matthew 26: 14-15 In today’s first reading from Isaiah we hear: “The Lord…[read more]
When he [Judas] had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look…[read more]
There, they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with him. May took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot,…[read more]
If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father. John 10: 37-8 In verse 22 of…[read more]
No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations. Genesis 17: 5 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be? John 8: 53 In today’s reading…[read more]
If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8: 31-2 What is the source of freedom? In today’s gospel Jesus says that it is living in the truth, a truth we know by remaining in his word,…[read more]
But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses. Numbers 21: 5 The one who sent me is with me. John 8: 29 In today’s reading from the Book of Numbers we are reminded that the journey of the Hebrews from slavery to liberation was a difficult, tumultuous,…[read more]
Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge by appearances, but I do not judge anyone. And even if I should…[read more]
So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he…[read more]
But Moses implored the Lord, his God, saying, “Why, O Lord, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Why should the Egyptians say, “With evil intent he brought them out, that he might kill…[read more]
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