Have you ever noticed how eager the various leaders of the Jewish faith were to follow God’s path in the face of all the hardship, heartache and abuse entailed in following that path? How eager was Jonah to follow God’s path? “The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Go to the […]
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“God bless you.” Why is it we only say that when someone sneezes? If God’s blessings are with us 24/7/365 and we are asked to love one another as God loves us, shouldn’t we offer each other those same blessings just as often? Jesus said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the […]
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The miracle story of Jesus turning wine into water: “When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he […]
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“To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit.” 1st Corinthians The Evangelist Paul notes in this passage the difference between “wisdom” and “knowledge.” You can have plenty of knowledge and not use it wisely. While knowledge is important, it has […]
READ MORE »In the first miracle attributed to Jesus, we are told he changed water into wine at a wedding in Cana. And the gospel writer notes that he didn’t turn water into the second-rate wine commonly reserved for celebrants after they had had enough wine not to notice, but the very fine ‘aged wine well refined.” […]
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