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Growing by God’s Grace

Mark 4: 26-34
2 Sm 11: 1-4, 5-10, 13-17/ Ps 51:3-7, 10-11
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed would sprout and grow, though he does not know how.
(Mark 4:27)
The Word we’ve sown God makes it grow,
In faithful hearts it will take root;
How it has grown we may not know,
But it will bear [...]

In Harmony with Jesus

Matthew 11: 16-19
Isa 48: 17-19 / Psa 1
We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a dirge, but you did not mourn.
(Matthew 11:17)
Help me, Lord be firm in my resolve
Not be lukewarm, neither hot nor cold;
Only for Your kingdom be involved,
Only for Your Word may I be bold.
(Jesus said to [...]

Our Brotherhood, God’s Family

Luke 8: 19-21
Ezr 6:7-8,12b,14-20 / Ps 122
My mother and my brothers are all those who hear the Word of God and act on it.
(Luke 8:21)
Blessed are we who hear the Word
And act on it as Jesus said.
We shall not lack for God’s reward,
His heirs we shall become instead.
Once, when Jesus’ mother and relatives came to [...]

Feast of the Triumphant Cross

John 3: 13-17
Num 21: 4b-9/Ps 78/Phil 2: 6-11
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
(John 3:14)
Grant us the grace, Lord, to be aware
That our sins are Your crucifixion;
And the wisdom to accept our share
In [...]

The Call of Nathanael

John 1: 45-51
Rev 21: 9b-14 / Psa 145
You shall see greater things than this.
(John 1:50)
Like Nathaniel I was in doubt
At first about His invitation;
But in the end I would find out,
God used a friend for my conversion.
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about [...]

Growing by God’s Grace

Mark 4: 26-34
Heb 10:32-39 / Psa 37
…night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
(Mark 4:27)
The Word we’ve sown God makes it grow,
In faithful hearts it will take root;
How it has grown we may not know,
But it will bear abundant fruit.
Jesus said, “This is what the kingdom of God is [...]