“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may...
What Does it Mean to Observe and Participate in Lent? In other words, there are numerous ways to approach Lent, some more legalistic than devotional. Still, the origins of Lent seem to be rooted in Christians giving up food or money in order to emulate Christ’s obedience to the Father....
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After Jesus died, His disciples continued to preach the gospel of the kingdom and the role of Jesus Christ. And even after their deaths, so did their followers. Interestingly, while some act like the law of God was done away, the reality is that early Christians considered that it was pa...
23. She felt like i___ friends to dinner on this Saturday. 24. Newzealand is an i___ country, whose national bird is Kiwi. 25. You’ll learn interesting J___ while having fun in Tokyo Language School. 26. I didn't mean that seriously ― I was only j___. 27. He decided to...
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15). Christ did nothing on His own initiative (John 8:28). Sonship never implies weakness, but it does require surrender to the Father’s authority. He spoke as the Father taught Him (John 8:28)....
Beginning of Lent: Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season. Lent is a period of spiritual preparation, fasting, and penance, modeled after Jesus' 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. It is a time for Christians to draw closer to God through prayer, repentance, and acts of com...
Sometimes I admit that the real reason I went into ministry is so that I would be a good person. I wasn’t sure I could be good if I weren’t tied to God and the church. I worried I would give into greed, and consumerism, and selfishness, and meanness and, maybe most importantly...
What does that last sentence mean? How do we allow God to answer us in faith? The Bible itself is full of questions that people asked Jesus. The Bishop points out that the prophet Zachariah and the Blessed Mother asked the Archangel Gabriel the exact same question, but only one asked in...