Archive for 'Purity'

Strive to be Pure of Heart

Mark 7: 14-23 1Kgs 10:1-10 / Psa 37 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come … (Mark 7:21) Lord Jesus, come live within me, And make all impure thoughts depart; I do desire to be sin-free, Help me strive to be pure of heart. Again Jesus called the [...]

Harmful Traditions

Mark 7: 1-13 1Kgs 8:22-23,27-30 / Psa 84 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that. (Mark 7:13) What traditions can purify us, What man-made rituals can make us clean? Nothing but by the Blood of Jesus That had washed away [...]

Purification of the Temple

John 2:13-22 Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 / Psa 46 “Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” His disciples recalled the words of scripture: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” (John 2:16-17) May our church be a font of grace, Where we honor Christ’s sacrifice; Don’t treat it like a marketplace, True worship doesn’t have a [...]

The Way of the Blessed

Matthew 5:1-12a Rv 7:2-4,9-14 / Psa 24 / 1Jn3:1-3 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven. (Matthew 5:12a) We are destined to reach heaven If we take on Christ’s attitude; Here are lessons He has given: Trust His Word in the Beatitudes. When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on [...]

The Hidden Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46 Ex 34:29-35 / Psa 99: 5,6,7,9 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. (Matthew 13:44) Where is the wisdom of having A life of [...]

The Immaculate Conception of Mary

Luke 1:26-38 Gn 3:9-15,20/ Ps 98:1-4/ Eph 1:3-6.11-12 Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you. (Luke 1:28) Mary’s Immaculate Conception Was designed for man’s salvation. This doctrine all Catholics believe: Christ’s Mother was sinless conceived. In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, [...]