SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights He was hungry....

“…let us heed Jesus’ warning to the fig tree. When He finds a lush but fruitless tree, He curses it to wither away (Matthew 21:19) and...

“…we must beware of the hardening of our hearts (Hebrews 3:15).  In Greek, the word “harden” refers to “making stubborn” or...

“God . . . set no limits for any of us on the spiritual plane . . . We are called to eternal life in the Kingdom of our Father which is...

“Misunderstandings occur frequently in John's Gospel (see 2:19–21; 4:10–14, 30–34; 6:27; 7:37–39; 11:11–15). Christ uses these...

“The first evangelist was Jesus Christ. He is still the model. He set the standard for all evangelists. We read in Luke 4:18 how the Lord...

“The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit, became human – having become...

“This unique reality that constitutes our true self, is, in its most foundational aspect, a gift. We never “create ourselves”…We are not...

“Death is the great leveler. People who have beauty, riches (Psalms 49:16–17), and power in this world will lose them all at death. They...

“Collectively and individually, we are crying for the solace of reconnection with God.” (Sue Patton Thoele) “...one must first strive to...