Category: Bible Study

“He Who has brought disaster upon you will, in saving you, bring you back enduring joy.” –Baruch 4:29 Most people have suffered disasters in their lives. Some of these have been caused by their own sins. If we would seek the Lord ten times more zealously than we strayed from Him, He would save us from disaster and bring us back a joy that this time will last (Bar 4:28). The Lord turns all things, even disasters, to the good for those who love Him (Rm 8:28). If we repent and seek the Lord, we will understand that the sufferings...

Jesus “said: ‘Come after Me.’ ” –Luke 9:59 Jesus calls us to follow Him not on our terms but on His. He does not preach the prosperity gospel. In fact, Jesus doesn’t even promise us a roof over our heads. The foxes and birds have better “benefits” than we do (Lk 9:58). Moreover, Jesus doesn’t let us choose our own pace but demands we jump when He says “Jump.” “Now is the acceptable time” (2 Cor 6:2), and we’ve no time to bury fathers or say good-bye to family (Lk 9:60-61). Jesus demands our “all.” It would be unreasonable for...

“I solemnly assure you, you shall see…” –John 1:51 Several hundred years ago, the archangel Gabriel was especially recognized through the custom of praying the Angelus. In the Angelus, we think of the annunciation of the good news of Jesus’ Incarnation and our salvation. It is customary to pray the Angelus at morning, noon, and evening. Over a hundred years ago, Pope Leo XIII composed the St. Michael Prayer and thus made the archangel Michael better known and appreciated than ever before. The St. Michael Prayer is a clear statement about the reality and importance of spiritual warfare, that is,...

“Even if this should seem impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people, shall it in those days be impossible in My eyes also, says the Lord of hosts?” –Zechariah 8:6 The Lord wants us to have an ever-increasing faith that He is the God of the impossible. He wants us to say with the Archangel Gabriel and believe with Mary that “nothing is impossible with God” (Lk 1:37). The Lord says to us what He said to Nathanael: “You will see much greater things than that” (Jn 1:50). Jesus even says: “Amen, Amen, I say to you,...