Category: Bible Reading & Meditation
“Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her home. She had a sister named Mary.” –Luke 10:38-39 Some people say they are like Martha; others say they are like Mary. However, the Lord is not calling us to be Martha or Mary, but Martha and Mary. We should imitate Abraham, Sarah, and Martha by making great sacrifices in offering hospitality. Prior to our high-tech times, a family began preparing a meal by picking out a steer and working with flour (Gn 18:6-7). No freezer, microwaves, or packaged foods! To offer hospitality was a monumental, sacrificial...
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“Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches.” –Micah 2:1 At this moment, groups of intelligent and gifted people are meeting to “plan iniquity and work out evil.” International institutions and CEOs of mass media conglomerates are planning a “conspiracy against life.” Pope St. John Paul II called this an “objective” conspiracy. It is not merely his or anyone else’s opinion. He is not paranoid but facing the facts (Gospel of Life, 17). We Christians are also called to meet and plan. Though meetings are sometimes much maligned, nonetheless, those meetings conducted to the glory...
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“Have you not read what David did when he and his men were hungry, how he entered God’s house and ate the holy bread, a thing forbidden to him and his men or anyone other than priests?” –Matthew 12:3-4 Something greater than what meets the eye was taking place in today’s Gospel reading. The hungry apostles were snacking on grain on the Sabbath. The Pharisees (who were working on the Sabbath as self-appointed law enforcement officers) accused the apostles of “harvesting” on the Sabbath, thus violating one of the Ten Commandments (Ex 20:8-11). Jesus responds by referring to an act...
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“Come to Me.” –Matthew 11:28 Come to Jesus, “all you who are weary and find life burdensome” (Mt 11:28). He will give you not necessarily what you want or think you need; rather, He will give you His way and His judgments (Is 26:8). The Lord Jesus will give you the desire of your soul – if His name, Jesus, and His title, Lord, are your desire (Is 26:8). The Lord calls you to come to Him for His sake, not so much for the sake of what He can do for you. “For though the fig tree blossom not...
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“Father, Lord of heaven and earth, to You I offer praise; for what You have hidden from the learned and the clever You have revealed to the merest children.” –Matthew 11:25 The minds of little children are like sponges. They absorb and remember so much of what’s going on around them. We Christians can be like little children in our receptivity to divine revelation. We can be sensitive to, and pregnant with, God’s presence. The teachings of the Church can impact and change our lives. The words of the Bible can seem to almost jump off the pages. We will...
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