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Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
“Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is great in heaven…” Matthew 5:12 An elderly woman who had been given only months to live met with her priest to make plans for her funeral. With dignity and grace, she calmly and happily discussed her favorite hymns and the scriptures she would like in the service,…
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 No matter our scientific background, most of us watched with wide-eyed horror at the spread of Covid 19 through our communities, our country, our entire world beginning in the late winter…
“…Jesus replied… ‘Whoever has seen me has seen the Father…Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not spoken of myself; it is the Father who lives in me accomplishing his works.’” John 14:9-11 It had been a long flight already when…
“We do not fix our gaze on what is seen but on what is unseen. What is seen is transitory; what is unseen lasts forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 The new pastor was visiting his homebound parishioners one day. Arriving at one elderly man’s house, he was escorted into the bedroom by the man’s daughter. Seeing…
“For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return…
“Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over injuries. Love does not rejoice in what is wrong but rejoices with the truth.” 1 Corinthians…
“But now thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 Edward Michael Grylls might be better known by his professional name, Bear Grylls, a survivalist, speaker, author, and host of the…
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is enough for you, for in weakness, power reaches perfection. And so I willingly boast of my weaknesses instead, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Two men shared a hospital room. One man needed to sit up more frequently to help his…
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So, do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29–31 What do you think the world’s population is…
“Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may judge what is God’s will, what is good, pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:2 In 1919, a young newspaper reporter was fired by his editor because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” In January,…
“If you want to avoid judgment, stop passing judgment. Your verdict on others will be the verdict passed on you. The measure with which you measure will be used to measure you. Why look at the speck in your brother’s or sister’s eye when you miss the plank in your own?” Matthew 7:1-3 In her…
“…O God, great and mighty, whose name is Lord of hosts, great in counsel, mighty in deed whose eyes are open to all the ways of humans…” Jeremiah 32:18-19 Just over thirty years ago, a young single mother struggled to make ends meet. On government aid, she and her young daughter were one step away…
“Therefore, comfort and upbuild one another, as indeed you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 We’ve all heard the expression “silly goose.” But did you ever realize that we humans can learn more than a few things from these so-called “bird brains.” Dr. Robert McNeish of Baltimore worked for many years as a science teacher and…
“They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.” Isaiah 40:31 Anthony de Mello, a Jesuit priest, spiritual teacher and writer, told the fable about an eagle that thought he was a chicken. When the…
“I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Such as my love has been for you, so must your love be for each other.” John 13:34 There is a legend of how hedgehogs survived one of the coldest winters. In this prickly tale, we find wisdom about how we need to care for each…
“Treat others the way you would have them treat you: this sums up the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12 We’ve all been in traffic before. Perhaps you’ve gotten frustrated or angry. Unfortunately, it’s all too common to join in the road rage. But what would happen if we didn’t allow ourselves to join in…
“Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all his work he had undertaken. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.” Genesis 2:2-3 Steven…
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.” Psalm 118:24 An older businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal village when a boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The businessman complimented the fisherman on the quality…
“We know that God makes all things work together for the good of those who have been called according to God’s decree.” Romans 8:28 A professor entered her classroom and asked her students to “prepare for a surprise exam.” After understandable moaning, the students readied their desks, waiting for the exam to be passed out.…
“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever lives in me and I in them will produce abundantly, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 A young woman took great pride in her gardens, having learned from her grandmother how to grow and care for all types of flowers. She was…