“Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.” He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.” Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved …
“For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mk 10:45) Redemption is the salvation of humanity by Jesus Christ. This is not to say that the God the Father and God the Holy Spirit do not participate in salvation. …
“…Indeed the word of God is… sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit … able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everything is … exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account. (Heb 4:12-13) Ever since his …
But Jesus told them… from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female… and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” (Mk 10:5-6; 8-9) First, God made them male and female. Second, God made them …
“Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me.” (Mk 9:38-39) The Church is …
The wicked say: Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings… (Wis 2:12) Hamlet to Polonius: … Will you make sure the actors are made comfortable? Polonius: My Lord I will give them all they deserve Hamlet: Good heavens, man, give them more than that! …
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.” (Mk 8:34-35) Many of the statements Jesus made while on earth were spoken …
Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. (Is 35:4) This scriptural quotation aptly applies to how we should respond to the present state of Church affairs regarding the sexual mistreatment of …
“Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written … “in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts”. You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” (Mk 7:6-7) For many years now Church Tradition has suffered from neglect. Long before our present condition, in which we have erroneously built …
Many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” … As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. (Jn 6:60; 66) Jesus had to know that he would lose many disciples. After all, in His …