When those in the synagogue heard these things, they were all filled with rage. They stood up and drove him out of the town. Luke 4: 28-9 Why has the reaction of the people of Nazareth to Jesus so dramatically and suddenly changed? When Jesus first finishes reading from the scroll of Isaiah and telling…[read more]
But he said in reply, “Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.” Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Matthew 25: 12-13 For those of us of a certain age, one of our earliest memories of Catholic catechesis may be the memorized answers to the first two…[read more]
Watch, therefore, because you do not know in what day your Lord is coming. Matthew 24: 42 As time passed after the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, without the expectation of his imminent return’s being realized, the community of Matthew and of Christian believers was exposed to more and more ridicule, and, as is…[read more]
Another reason why we constantly thank God for you is that as soon as you heard the message we brought to you as God’s message, you accepted it for what it really is, God’s and not some human thinking; and it is still a living power among you who believe it. 1 Thessalonians 2: 13…[read more]
We have not taken to preaching because we are deluded, or immoral, or trying to deceive anyone; it was God who decided that we were fit to be entrusted with the Good News, and when we are speaking we are not trying to please men but God, who can read our inmost thoughts. 1 Thessalonians…[read more]
Nathaniel replied: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered: “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these?” John 1: 49-50 What is necessary to become and to be a disciple of Jesus? One…[read more]
Naomi said, “See now! Your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her god. Go back after your sister-in-law!” But Ruth said, “Do not ask me to abandon or forsake you! For wherever you go, I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my…[read more]
When the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man not wearing a wedding garment. And he said to him: “Friend, how did you come in here, not having a wedding garment?” But he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: “Tie him up hand and foot, and…[read more]
When they received their pay they murmured against the householder: “These last ones worked one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.” Matthew 20: 12 When I was a child, there would, at times, descend upon our home a cold, stony, and frightening…[read more]
The Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have and save Israel from the power of Midian. It is I who send you.” But Gideon answered him, “Please, my lord, how can I save Israel? My family is the lowliest in Manasseh, and I am the most insignificant in my father’s…[read more]
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