Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Mark 2:16 NABRE Jesus’ popularity is growing with many people following Him and His disciples. Jesus calls another man to be…
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Children of Zion, delight and rejoice in the LORD, your God! For he has faithfully given you the early rain, sending rain down on you, the early and the late rains as before. Joel 2:23 NABRE Joel writes poetically how God manifests His presence among His people, arriving with the…
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Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. James 4:10 NABRE James is challenging readers to a program of conversion. In three short verses James gives a set of instructions that will lead us to be humble servants of God, least on earth but great in the Kingdom…
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Series Introduction This is week three of a six week series entitled “be with him.” This is the wish of Jesus for all of us and he specifically tells one of the men crucified alongside him that he will be with Jesus in paradise, that very day. What does it…
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This is the second week of our new five week series called, Resurrection of the righteous. It comes from the words of Jesus in speaking about holding a banquet and inviting those who cannot repay you so that you may be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. We hear…
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