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]
Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the son will do also. John 5: 19 We sometimes speak of contemplation as if it were a term of art, an object that we can grasp or an…[read more]
Then when he had walked off to the east with a measuring cord in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and had me wade through the water, which was ankle deep. Again he measured off another thousand and once more had me wade through the water, which was now knee deep. Again he…[read more]
Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” The royal official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “You may go; your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. John 4: 48-51 Today’s reading from Isaiah offers us God’s…[read more]
Even the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him fell at his feet, screaming in a loud voice: “You are the Son of God.” Mark 3: 11 Today’s gospel follows from the closing lines of yesterday’s in which the Pharisees and Herodians are conspiring about how to destroy Jesus. In the very earliest chapters of Mark’s…[read more]
But in anger he looked around at all of them, and was deeply grieved at the hardness of their hearts. Mark 3:5 Within the beginning chapters of Mark’s gospel its central plot and conflict is starkly portrayed. Jesus challenges those surrounding him about the reality of the commandment to keep the Sabbath. They are…[read more]
But the Lord said to Samuel: “Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart.” 1 Samuel 16: 7 Many years ago I met the younger brother of a…[read more]
No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak; otherwise the piece that covers the hole will rip off, that is, the new from the old, and the tear will be even worse. Nor does anyone put new wine into old leather wineskins; otherwise the wine will split the skins, an both…[read more]
But when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man: “My child, forgiven now are your sins.” Mark 2: 5 In the account of Jesus’ healing of the paralytic man, the gospel makes clear that it is the faith of those who bring him to Jesus that allows for his forgiveness and healing…[read more]
The slaughter was great indeed, and there fell of the Israelites nearly thirty thousand foot soldiers. The ark of God was captured too, and the two sons of Eli died, Hophni and Phinehas. 1 Samuel 4: 10-11 In today’s passage from 1 Samuel we hear of the ignominious and deadly defeat of the Israelites by…[read more]
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