Archive for 'Virtue'

Road Rage

Matthew 5:20-26 Eze 18:21-28 / Psa 130 If you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24) Lord, I bring my case [...]

John the Baptist and Herod

Mark 6: 14-29 Sir 47: 2-11 / Psa 18 Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” (Mark 6:14) Be careful with the oaths you make, Or face the consequence to choose: The promise that you cannot break, Or reputation [...]

Listening Right

Luke 9: 43b-45 Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a / Jer 31 Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands. (Luke 9:44) We’ll find it hard to understand Why Jesus had to die for man, Unless we see God’s perfect plan Revealed as only Scriptures can. [...]

The Kingdom of Heaven Under Siege

Matthew 11: 11-15 Isa 41: 13-20 / Ps 145: 1, 9-13 …the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence are taking it by force. (Matthew 11:12) Our voices will not be silenced, For justice and truth we shall stand; Peace must overcome violence, That freedom may reign in our land. Jesus said: [...]

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luke 19: 45-48 Rv 10: 8-11 / Ps 119: 14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. (Luke 19:46) This temple has been purified By blood of Jesus crucified. Remember if it’s stained again, Christ’s death would then have been [...]

Utilizing God’s Gifts

Luke 19: 11-28 Rev 4: 1-11 / Ps 150: 1-6 …from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. (Luke 19: 26) Thank God for talents we received, And His Word we’ve come to believe. May these talents lead us to give More worth in each day that we live. They [...]