Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 NABRE Jesus has taken His disciples to a Roman territory and asks them who the people think He is. They give various responses and then Peter replies with the quoted verse. The Jews…
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By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! Luke 13:3 NABRE Jesus gets a question from some people in the crowd about Galileans who had gone up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices but were killed by Pilate. This incident…
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Even to your old age I am he, even when your hair is gray I will carry you; I have done this, and I will lift you up, I will carry you to safety. Isaiah 46:4 NABRE While exiled in Babylon the Hebrew people are impressed with the idols of…
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Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. Luke 2:20 NABRE The shepherds of the field heard from the angels of Jesus birth in Bethlehem. A multitude of heavenly hosts praise and sing, “Glory to…
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This week we begin a new five week series we are calling, Resurrection of the righteous. It comes from the words of Jesus in speaking about holding a banquet an inviting those who cannot repay you so that you may be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. We hear…
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