WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS?

DAY 106 OF 365 IN 2021 John 6:7-9 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,  “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but... Continue Reading →

DOUBT VERSUS HYPOCRISY

DAY 101 OF 365 IN 2021 John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto Thomas, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I... Continue Reading →

SOLEMN BLESSINGS

EASTER SUNDAY : DAY 94 OF 365 IN 2021 There are solemn blessings pronounced by the priest at Mass on Easter Sunday. Personally, I look forward to those prayers because they contain images of the very heart of God towards us: who He intends us to be and where He wants us to stand. This... Continue Reading →

LOOKING AT JESUS

DAY 82 OF 365 IN 2021 Numbers 21:8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten will live when he looks at it.” Just as you can listen to things and not hear anything, you can also look at things... Continue Reading →

DISPELLING DOUBT

DAY 80 OF 365 IN 2021 John 12:20-22 Some Greeks had gone to Jerusalem to worship during Passover. Philip from Bethsaida in Galilee was there too. So they went to him and said, “Sir, we would like to meet Jesus.” Philip told Andrew. Then the two of them went to Jesus and told him. If... Continue Reading →

SPEAK TO A GOOD EAR, NOT EVERY EAR

DAY 78 OF 365 IN 2021 Matthew 1:19 And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. Behind Joseph's intended decision to restore Mary to her family in secret, there was a justifiably appropriate reason. In fact, a reason big enough... Continue Reading →

MEN ARE NOT THE STANDARD

DAY 72 OF 365 IN 2021 Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. Jesus could not have chosen a more fitting pair of characters for comparison than the two presented in the... Continue Reading →

A CHOICE WITH CONSEQUENCES

Matthew 18:24, 25 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. This story always... Continue Reading →

[NON-] PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

Genesis 37:3, 4 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.... Continue Reading →

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