Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 5:7 NABRE What is interesting about our humanity is that we must learn to be detached from our achievements, knowing God will not judge us for our successes, but on the deepest intentions in our hearts, which are sometimes…
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2 Chronicles 7:16 – November 9, 2019
Now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart shall be there always. 2 Chronicles 7:16 NABRE King David in his waning years as king wanted to build a house for God who had watched over him and the…
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But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: whoever claims to abide in him ought to live [just] as he lived. 1 John 2:5-6 NABRE John In writing to his…
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First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 NABRE Paul is writing to Timothy concerning the church in…
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If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 1 Peter 4:14 NABRE Peter is writing to the communities about imitating Christ, his main theme is about suffering. Peter recognized Jesus suffered and was rejected and…
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