my cup overflows.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow meall the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house of the LORDmy whole life long. Psalm 23; NRSVue If there’s one thing you need to do in this world: Keep asking questions. Research, research, then research some more....
22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered. 23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to gran...
16Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body.2Very early on Sunday morning,[aj]just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.3On the way they were asking each other, “...
Jesus A Puritan on the Hypostatic Union If the divine nature had been converted into the human, or the human into the divine, there would have been a change—but they were not. The human nature was distinct from the divine nature. Therefore there was no change. A cloud over the sun ...
I wanted things to be perfect for Jesus. I took occasional peeks at He who was teaching in my living room. I just brought in some bowls of figs and raisins as an appetizer and found my sister Mary sitting with the men listening to Jesus and asking questions. It was that which started...
which cannot feel Him. We put more faith in people because they seem more present. We may test Him by praying, “If I am not alone, You need to show Yourself to me,” rather than seeking Him by asking, “Lord, I feel alone, help me believe You are with me”. But He is real ...
34Jesus answered,“Areyouaskingthisonyourown,orhaveotherstoldyouaboutme?” 35“I’m not a Jew, am I?” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” 36“Mykingdomkisnotofthisworld,”said Jesus.“Ifmykingdomwereofthisworld,lmyserv...
‘s World Magazineon that. And I went in and just sang for them and talked to them about, you know, “You can get through this, I did.” And one of the songs I sang was “That’s Faith.” And there were lots of tears. Lots of people afterwardasking, “Tell me more. How did...
and he gives it to the disciples so that they may all drink from it. Breaking and sharing the same bread and drinking from the same cup are the “sign” of sharing and solidarity and doing this we “remember.” We do this in this Eucharistic sacrifice where: “Because the loaf of bre...
He soon encountered a band of robbers who demanded all of his valuables, finally asking: “Have you given us all?” When he had finally answered “All,” they let him go. Once safely out of sight the old man felt something hard in the hem of his robe. It was his gold; sewn there...