Jesus said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to happen. But woe to the person through whom they happen! It is better for that person to have a millstone hung around the neck and be thrown into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Pay attention to…[read more]
“I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from management people will receive me into their homes.”. . . The master praised the wicked household manager because he acted cleverly. Indeed the children of this age are more clever towards their own generation than are the children of light. Luke 16:…[read more]
As for the law I was a Pharisee; as for working for religion I was a persecutor of the Church; as far as the Law can make you perfect, I was faultless. But because of Christ, I have come to consider all these advantages that I had as disadvantages. Not only that, but I believe…[read more]
And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. John 6: 39 In The Spiritual Espousals (II,ii,B), Jan van Ruusbroec writes of how the “enlightened person,” the person who is living…[read more]
Beloved, we are already the children of God, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all we know is , that when it is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is. 1 John 3: 2 In the opening of her…[read more]
There must be no competition among you; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always think of the other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests instead. Philippians 2: 3-4 Whenever you give a luncheon or dinner, stop inviting your friends…[read more]
Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Ephesians 2: 22 Ephesians tells us that as members of the church we are “no longer strangers and sojourners” but “fellow…[read more]
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t…[read more]
Jesus therefore began to say, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in the garden. It grew into a tree, and the birds of the sky made nests in its branches.” He also said: “To what shall I…[read more]
Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you. Ephesians 4: 32 He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues. There was a woman present who for eighteen years had a spirit of weakness. She was all bent over and completely unable to straighten up. When Jesus…[read more]
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