Matthew 5: 33-37 2 Cor 5: 14-21 / Psa 103 I tell you, do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. (Matthew 5:34-35) Grant me grace, Lord, my tongue [...]
Luke 11: 42-46 Gal 5: 18-25 / Ps 1: 1-4 and 6 Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them. (Luke 11: 46) Those seats of honor in high places Will never put us in God’s graces. Nor [...]
John 1: 47-51 Dn 7: 9-10. 13-14 or Rv 12: 7-12 / Ps 138: 1-5 . . . you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. (John 1: 51) God’s angels help us be aware That not all things are what they seem, And we [...]
Matthew 23: 23-26 2 Thes 2: 1-3a. 14-17 / Ps 96: 10-13 You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, but have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. (Matthew 23:23) What lies within is what is real, And no amount of scheme or stealth Can hide that time [...]
Matthew 23: 13-22 2 Thes 1: 1-5. 11-12 / Ps 96: 1-5 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! (Matthew 23:13) No oaths can bind lies and deceits, When made by ‘scribes and Pharisees’; When remedied by hypocrites The cure is worse than the disease; “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You [...]
Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18 2 Kgs 2: 1. 6-14 / Ps 31: 20, 21, 24 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 6:1) The righteousness of every act Comes from the grace [...]
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