So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little. Luke 7:47 NABRE Jesus is invited to a religious leader’s house for a meal. While there a woman who is a sinner comes to…
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Then Peter approaching asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Matthew 18:21 NABRE Peter speaks for the disciples raising the question of how often he should forgive a brother who sins against him. In his day Peter…
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Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? Mathew 9:5 NABRE Jesus arrives in His home town and a paralytic man is brought to Him on a stretcher for healing. Jesus has been curing many but in this case He uses the healing…
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For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 NABRE This chapter from the prophet Isaiah is a call to conversion, a call to take advantage of the salvific gifts offered; we hear God…
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Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you. Psalms 86:5 NABRE This is no ordinary psalm, David the author, himself calls it a prayer. The verses of this psalm describe the essential purpose of prayer, which is not to obtain some desired assistance from…
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