Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, as I remain in you, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off…[read more]
“Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. . . . If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the father is…[read more]
“Friends, what do you think you are doing? We are only human beings, mortal like yourselves. We have come with good news to make you turn from these empty idols to the living God who made sky and earth and the sea and all that these hold.” Acts 14:15 We hear today of the…[read more]
“Where I am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but by me.” John 14:5-6 In the interchange…[read more]
“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives he one who sent me.” John 13:20 We often speak of “contemplation” as if it is some kind of personal spiritual achievement. There is often about our way of speaking of contemplative action the sense…[read more]
The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; the word that I have spoken will serve as judge on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment of what to say and what to speak.…[read more]
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.” John 10: 25-8 The news about them reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go…[read more]
The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him saying, “You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them.” Acts 11:1-3 And I have other sheep that are not of…[read more]
Immediately it was as though scales fell away from Saul’s eyes and he could see again. Acts 9:18 “Amen, amen I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no life in you; those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal…[read more]
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and meet that chariot.” When Philip ran up, he heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” “How can I,” he replied, “unless I have someone to guide me?” So he invited Philip to get in and sit by his side.…[read more]
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