He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick-no food, no sack, no money in their belts. Mark 6:7-8 NABRE Jesus begins His public ministry selecting…
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Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. Luke 18:1 NABRE Jesus tells a parable of a dishonest judge and a widow. In the parable the judge will not render a just decision on behalf of the widow. However she persists…
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For by the grace given to me I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than one ought to think, but to think soberly, each according to the measure of faith that God has apportioned. Romans 12:3 NABRE Paul is speaking to the community of Rome…
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whoever claims to abide in him ought to live [just] as he lived. 1 John 2:6 NABRE John’s first letter to his community is a great teaching on love. John takes the message of love and reinforces it again and again in the writings that are under his name. In…
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Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, 1 Peter 1:14-15 NABRE Peter is writing a circular letter that will be delivered to multiple communities and…
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