Series Introduction This is the fourth week of a series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayed and met the…
Series Introduction This is the third week of a new series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayed and met…
Series Introduction This is the second week of a new series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayed and met…
Series Introduction This is the first week of a new series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayer and met…
Series Introduction This is the fourth and final week of a series called “hearts revealed.” Jesus speaks often about what we do in our hearts convicts us. If we lust after someone in our heart we are guilty of adultery, if we are angry with our brother or sister we…
Series Introduction This is the third week of a series called “hearts revealed.” Jesus speaks about what we do in our hearts convicts us. If we lust after someone in our heart we are guilty of adultery, if we are angry with our brother or sister we are liable for…
New Shoes Needed Tuesday I was driving past a location that serves lunchtime meals to those in need. It is a regular program and attracts various people in need including those who haven’t a home. Walking down the road was a man who I discovered is named Terrance. Terrance had…
Recently I changed where I go to church. I spent the last almost thirty years of my life attending Ascension Roman Catholic Church in Boca Raton, Florida, and last year changed to become a member of Life.Church in Wellington, Florida. As a life long Roman Catholic, abortion was something I…
All Christians honor Mary as the Mother of God, (Theotokos – God-bearer.) She played a vital role in the incarnation of the God Man, Jesus. But the extent to which Roman Catholics are devoted to Mary goes further than most other Christian groups. It is unlikely you could find a…
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made…
Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time…
Opening the Second Vatican Council Pope John XXIII made a remark that defined the nature of the entire council, “Throw open the windows of the church and let the fresh air of the spirit blow through.” It was a call for the church to recognize a need to engage with…
For by the same means with which you punished our adversaries, you glorified us whom you had summoned. Wisdom 18:8 NABRE These passages from Wisdom are recounting the events of the Passover. The Hebrew people enslaved in Egypt are being freed by the action of God against the Pharaoh. God…
As the visions during the night continued, I saw coming with the clouds of heaven One like a son of man. When he reached the Ancient of Days and was presented before him, Daniel 7:13 NABRE Daniel shares a vision in which he sees beasts and heavenly holy ones and a…
See, days are coming—oracle of the LORD—when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Jeremiah 31:31 NABRE Jeremiah writes about a new covenant with the Lord. There have been several covenants between God and the people, the Noahic Covenant, the Abrahamic…
For thus says the LORD: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has saved his people, the remnant of Israel. Jeremiah 31:7 NABRE Jeremiah is prophesying Israel will relive its experiences of earlier times, when they enjoyed the…
Thus says the LORD: See! I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents, on his dwellings I will have compassion; A city shall be rebuilt upon its own ruins, a citadel restored where it should be. Jeremiah 30:18 NABRE The Lord will watch the people be exiled, the city of…
But the prophet who prophesies peace is recognized as the prophet whom the LORD has truly sent only when his word comes to pass. Jeremiah 28:9 NABRE There is a dispute between the prophet Jeremiah and the prophet Hananiah. Hananiah prophesizes God will destroy King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,…
