by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… A key to the story is love. This is a trite thing to say. But love is what makes us human: receiving it, allowing it to shape our personalities, passing it on in significant relationships–or enduring the loneliness when the kind of love we want is absent or no longer there. …”
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“Here are seven tips about the works of mercy: 1) Mercy is for everyone. … 2) Mercy relieves suffering, and there are different kinds of suffering. … 3) Charity begins at home … 4) Charity can’t end at home … 5) Mercy is not always convenient … 6) Charity is not the same as social work … 7) Mercy is
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“By His Resurrection Jesus has fulfilled Ezekiel’s promise in today’s First Reading. He has opened the graves that we may rise, put His Spirit in us that we may live. This is the Spirit that Paul writes of in today’s Epistle. The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead will give life to we who were once dead in
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“Jesus told her, ‘I AM the Resurrection and the Life; whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. … Jesus raised His Eyes and said, ‘Father, I thank You for hearing me. I know that You always hear Me; but because of the crowd here I have
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“… I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave Me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on My behalf that the Father has sent Me. Moreover, the Father who sent Me has testified on My behalf. But you have never heard His Voice nor seen His Form, and you do not have His Word
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“… just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son the possession of life in Himself. And He gave Him Power to exercise judgment, because He is the Son of Man. … the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear His Voice and will come out, those who
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“… Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your mat, and walk.’ Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. …”
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“… The royal official said to Him, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies.’ Jesus said to him, ‘You may go; your son will live.’ The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. … this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.”
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“As #Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. … Jesus answered … We have to do the works of the One who sent Me while it is day. … While I am in the world, I AM the Light of the World.’ … He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the
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“The #angel #Gabriel was sent from #God to a town of #Galilee called #Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named #Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was #Mary. And coming to her, he said, ‘Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you. … Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor
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