In this season of reflection, it seems good to remember the Man of Sorrows, our Savior, and how he was “despised and rejected of men.” (Isaiah 53:3). You remember the story about the crippled man by the Sheep’s Gate who could not get into the healing pool. Jesus had pity Read more
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. – Hebrews 5:7-8 Read more
Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets Read more
The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. – Luke 23:55 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. – Acts 1:14 An Read more
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Read more
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. – John 14:6 Truth can seem like a fleeting and flimsy thing. It can be driven by opinion and built on beliefs. Like the wind it swirls and blusters, intensified by half Read more
Jesus has a new message for us. There is no reason to worry. Our Father in heaven loves us and is glad to take care of us. All the burdens of the world fall on us if we think we have to provide for ourselves. A bug enters our mind Read more
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these Read more
In LA county, the fires are raging insatiably and uncontrollably. Rich and poor, celebrities and nursing home residents, atheist and Christian have seen their homes razed by flames. It seems so improbably vast and utterly bereft of hope. Some sneer at the celebrities for bemoaning the loss of their LA Read more
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying Read more