Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9 NABRE The quoted verse is taken from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ teaching about how to live a better life. He provides eight beatitudes or blessings that identify underlying attitudes and characteristics of a true…
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God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:19 NABRE Paul is speaking to the community at Corinth about Christ becoming human. Christ entered into humanity to make all things thing’s…
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Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Matthew 7:1-2 NABRE Jesus is teaching many things to His disciples but in this section including the verse quoted He…
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Do not be so very angry, LORD, do not remember our crimes forever; look upon us, who are all your people! Isaiah 64:8 NABRE The prophet Isaiah is writing around the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, seeing the damage that is everywhere. The site of the ruins haunts the…
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If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. Matthew 6:14 NABRE Jesus is teaching what is known as the Sermon on the Mount. His disciples have asked him to teach them how to pray and He has shared with them what we commonly refer to as…
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