by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed
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“Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. … He called His Disciples to Himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom He also named Apostles …” … “Their Message goes out through all the earth.” … “… you are fellow citizens with the Holy Ones and members of the Household
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“…. ‘Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. …’”
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“Live as children of light.” … “Behave like God as His very dear children” … “This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?”
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“… As a minister of God’s Word (cf. Lk 1: 2), Luke leads us to knowledge of the discreet yet penetrating light that radiates from it, while illustrating the reality and events of history. The theme of the Word of God, the golden thread woven through the two works that comprise Luke’s writing, also unites the two periods treated by
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“The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like
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“Jesus told His Disciples a Parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. … The Lord said, ‘Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of His Chosen Ones who call out to Him day and night? Will He be slow to answer them? I tell you, He will
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“The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.’”
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“Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God.” … “‘Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? … Stand up and go; your Faith has saved you.’” … “The Lord has revealed to the nations His Saving Power” … “I bear with everything for the sake
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, “The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close
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