Overcoming Darkness in Our Time
The sacred scriptures in John 1: 5 tell us, “the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Jesus is the light of the world who came to remove the veil woven over the nations, to dispel the darkness, so we could live in the...
Believing in Jesus
All of Christendom is based upon belief that Jesus rose from the dead. St. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:14, “And if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith.” So belief is absolute trust in what God said and our experience...
Our Rock
”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.” Psalm 18:2 In today’s readings we see Jeremiah calling out to God in the midst of hard circumstances of...
Prayer
Prayer and Perseverance The Lord himself gave us an outline for prayer, the “The Lord’s Prayer. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we...
The Virtue of Hope
In preparation for the year of the Holy Spirit, Pope John Paul II wrote on the virtue of hope. He wrote, “In this eschatological perspective, (doctrine concerning the ‘end times’) believers should be called to a renewed appreciation of the theological virtue of hope, which they have already heard...
What is Evangelization
According to the American Festival of Evangelism, the gift of being an evangelist is “is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the body of Christ to share the Gospel with unbelievers in such a way that men and women become Jesus’ disciples and responsible members...
Oh What a Web We Weave
Do you remember the old adage, “What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” This came out of a play (‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott) telling how complicated lives can become when people first start lying. Isaiah 59, is titled “Sin and Confession”. Here we...
The Mercy of God
In our world today many see Christians as worshiping a God that does not exists, who is distant or is there only to crush their hope. For those of us who have received his mercy and forgiveness, we realize through his living presence in us, how wonderfully merciful and...
The Search for Wisdom
What is wisdom and why do humans pursue it relentlessly? In the wisdom books, we see three aspects of its teaching. Wisdom is defined in terms of a person, normally thought of as the Holy Spirit. Those who seek to know God will find that wisdom resides with the...
The Paradox of the Cross
In 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 we read, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned...
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