Father John- Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Father John gives some insight into a passage from Paul’s letter to the Colossians (3:1-17) and how his advice to the Christians in Colossae is good advice for us as well.
Continue reading →Father John gives some insight into a passage from Paul’s letter to the Colossians (3:1-17) and how his advice to the Christians in Colossae is good advice for us as well.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 15
Text: Romans 4:13-25
“For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.”
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 15
Text: Luke 12:22-34
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.”
THE TENSION THAT MOLDS US: “Lord God, thank you for your never giving up on us. And even when it creates a tension between us Lord, step in and make a way for us to be united once again.”
Continue reading →Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Epheasians (5:6-20). In it Paul encourages us to not be distracted or led away from the light of God that comes through Christ.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 14
Text: Isaiah 51:1-16
“Listen to me, my people,and give heed to me, my nation, for a teaching will go out from me and my justice for a light to the peoples.”
THE ILLUSION OF FREEDOM: “…with freedom comes responsibility. As human beings our responsibility may be to live and let live; but as Christians, our responsibility is to love our fellow brothers and sisters.”
Continue reading →The story of Ruth and Naomi holds an answer to an old, old issue: Humankind has always had to figure out how to handle adversity. How do we rally when everything on earth we know and love is tragically stripped away? How do we go on, how do we move forward?
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 13
Text: Ruth 1:15-17
Do not press me to leave you, to turn back from following you!…
your people shall be my people and your God my God.”
BLESSED ARE…: ” We have been in this Lenten study for almost 2 weeks. Perhaps you are taking the call to repentance seriously and you wonder when you will turn the corner and feel forgiven.”
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