Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!’” Mark 12:29 NABRE A scribe addresses Jesus and sincerely asks which is the first of all commandments. A scribe is a person who is trained in the craft of copying manuscripts and is usually…
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Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. John 16:32 NABRE Jesus tells His disciples directly He is leaving the world and…
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Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. John 15:6 NABRE Jesus shares a teaching about a vine and branches which is a teaching about having life…
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The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him. John 8:29 NABRE Jesus often speaks about his relationship with His Father. Jesus declares a divine identity, His relationship as the One sent to deliver us from…
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In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 NABRE In a beautiful passage we read of Jesus going up a mountain to pray, to be with God. There is some similarity to Moses who would go up…
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