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707, 2023

Slow burn

By |July 7, 2023|Comments Off on Slow burn

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But [...]

1206, 2023

Compassion

By |June 12, 2023|Comments Off on Compassion

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. [...]

2908, 2022

Exalted

By |August 29, 2022|Comments Off on Exalted

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told them a parable. ‘When you are invited by [...]

2208, 2022

Unbound

By |August 22, 2022|Comments Off on Unbound

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over [...]

2507, 2022

Righteous

By |July 25, 2022|Comments Off on Righteous

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. ‘You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, “You shall not murder”; and “whoever murders shall be liable to judgement.” But I say [...]

2207, 2022

Pray

By |July 22, 2022|Comments Off on Pray

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.   Give us each day our daily bread.   And [...]

2006, 2022

Reading the Bible

By |June 20, 2022|Comments Off on Reading the Bible

"At the heart of scripture the prophetic word becomes the Incarnate Word. At the heart of scripture is the fire of God's presence, of God's gift perfectly given and perfectly received in Jesus Christ. We need to read the Bible, as is often said, around Christ, and read it, [...]

1806, 2022

This is my body

By |June 18, 2022|Comments Off on This is my body

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians, no one could cure her. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his clothes, and immediately her haemorrhage stopped. Then Jesus asked, [...]

1306, 2022

Holy, Holy, Holy

By |June 13, 2022|Comments Off on Holy, Holy, Holy

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also [...]

1203, 2022

Heavenly mindedness

By |March 12, 2022|Comments Off on Heavenly mindedness

Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction; [...]

111, 2021

For all the saints

By |November 1, 2021|Comments Off on For all the saints

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for [...]

2908, 2021

Unclean

By |August 29, 2021|Comments Off on Unclean

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their [...]

808, 2021

Bread

By |August 8, 2021|Comments Off on Bread

Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus [...]

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