Sometimes we all need a catch-up day...one of those days when you go through the backlog correspondence, work assignments, unread articles and unfiled paperwork and just get back on top of it all. Today is catch-up day for the Faithrants.com blog. If you follow regularly, you know I had been blogging through a shared Lenten activity … Continue reading Catching up…and slowing down
Easter
I bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ... And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his … Continue reading I bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose
A new, old command
“My children, I will be with you for a little while longer. Then you will look for me, but you won't find me. I tell you just as I told the people, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’ But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I … Continue reading A new, old command
“To some who were confident of their own righteousness…”
"To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other … Continue reading “To some who were confident of their own righteousness…”
Seek first the kingdom
“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added … Continue reading Seek first the kingdom
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