SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Follow in the Footsteps of Jesus Epistle for the 2nd Sunday of Luke For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Read more
Make a Mantra and Use It I love Thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in Whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, Who is Read more
Go Do It CONCLUSION PART XVII “Tightrope 1” by Tom à la rue is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him. Luke 22:43 The night before His passion, Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. He asked His disciples to “watch” Read more
Proclaim Encouragement from the Rooftops CONCLUSION PART XVI Jesus said, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began Read more
Are You All In? CONCLUSION PART XV As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number. Job 5:8-9 Several years ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Team had a marketing campaign, entitled “All In.” Read more
We Can All Solve This Problem CONCLUSION PART XIV Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been Read more
A Son, a Mother, a Scribe, the Church, and the Gospel SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian Gospel from the Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary Read more
Fear and Love Cannot Coexist SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS SATURDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that Read more
CONCLUSION PART XIII: Who is Going to Take the First Step? Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in Read more
FEAST DAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Conception of St. John the Baptist Some Historical Background from the Old Testament For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the Read more
CONCLUSION PART XII Practical Ways We Can All Make a Difference As Jesus went ashore He saw a great throng; and He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is Read more
CONCLUSION PART XI: Swimming Against the Current On the way to Jerusalem, He was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” Read more