Matthew 6: 4, 6, 18: “… and your Father Who sees in secret will repay you.” Sometimes we wonder if God sees the good we do. Some people...

Acts 7: 55-60 Psalm 31: 1-5; 15-16 1 Peter 2: 4-10 John 14: 1-14 I salute all the great mothers whose vocation is among the best in the...

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. Some Bible versions render “dwelling places” as “mansions” in John 14. And so some...

We beseech you to excel still more. Twice in today’s New Testament reading, St. Paul urges the Thessalonians to excel still more in their...

Matthew 4: 45: “God causes His sun to shine on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” I don’t know...

I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry. Patience is a virtue we could use at this time of adversity. In...

Matthew 5: 28: “I say to you that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.” ...

I will correct you and set the case in order before you. (Ps 50:21) I’ve always wondered how in the same breath it is said that God is...

Matthew 5: 25a: “Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way ...” With the pressure cooker so many...

Suffering was good for me; I learned your laws. Why? That’s the perennial question about suffering. More specifically because of love of...

Matthew 5: 17: “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. Have you seen...

Let your light shine before men. “Take me out of the dark, my Lord, I don’t want to be there.” So goes a famous song from the 1980’s. The...

Matthew 5: 16: “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in...

True Blessedness In the Beatitudes, Jesus talks about what being blessed really is. What our English Bibles render “blessed” is actually...

Matthew 5: 4: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Is there a house anywhere in this world right now where there...

Nehemiah 9:6-15 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 We are now on the 4th Sunday of Easter. It is a wonderfully glorious time in the...

The Good Shepherd Sometimes I feel like a broken record quoting and emphasizing Jesus’ famous line, “I came that they may have life, and...

Teaching, preaching, and healing all kinds of sickness Matthew said Jesus went around teaching in synagogues, proclaiming the good news...

Matthew 4: 19, 20: “And He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ And they immediately left the nets, and...

See to it that no one takes you captive through empty deception. What good is the revelation of Christ as the hope of glory if we don’t...