A Voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased; listen to Him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were terribly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” Matthew 17:5-7 (1-9) Three disciples went up a […]
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See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments…. . I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set
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You are the salt of the earth, but it salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be trodden underfoot. Matthew 5:13-14 I grew up in a big city, so when my first parish was in a farmers retirement hamlet, there was
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:3 The comment was once made, that if you ask 10 third graders to form a straight line, the chances are great that nine of them will be at the front of the line, trying to be first. And then the
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He said to them, “Follow Me, ….” Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. Mathew 4:19 (12-23) The movie has reached a climactic escape scene. The hero and the heroine come to a rickety looking rope bridge and you are made well aware of the their moment of indecision. But their pursuers are
