Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, Colossians 3:12 NABRE Paul is writing to the community of Colossae, a community he has not met, consisting of mostly Gentiles and some Jews. He is writing because a certain philosophy is breaking…
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For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, in which you should walk. 2 John 1:6 NABRE John the leader of certain Christian communities formed on the teaching of Jesus; shared by John, is writing to a…
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For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 NABRE Paul is writing to the community at Corinth, the heart of this section of the…
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No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. 1 John 4:12 NABRE John is writing to his community about love. John makes it clear in this letter that love originates in God, because…
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This week we begin a new six-week series we are calling, have mercy on us. In a reading of the gospel in a few weeks we see this pleading before Jesus by ten lepers who are looking for something from Jesus that will make their lives better. The series will…
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