From this morning’s prayer, I read: “The man whose deeds are blameless and whose heart is pure will climb the mountain of the Lord.” (Psalm 24) These are two important aspects to the journey to God. Blameless deeds are those with non-false intentions, or selfish intentions. It is really treating…
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Do we miss so much of Jesus living by making him God? Jesus came to have a human experience. Is it God becoming human and remaining God while being human? Many say Jesus is fully human and fully God, which is a mystery we cannot understand, something to be taken…
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I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me. Philippians 4:13 NABRE Paul writing to another of the communities he has led and still nurtures, writes about how doing and trusting in God we receive true life. Paul feels confident in what he is doing and how he…
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 NABRE Paul addresses relationships in the family, speaking about how spouses should love one another and then how the patriarch of the family is responsible for the up…
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So [also] husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:28 NABRE Paul speaks of love in this somewhat famous passage about Christ’s love for the community and addresses the love between husband and wife. For Christ, the bond of marriage…
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