by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Then He looked up to heaven and groaned. ‘Ephphatha!’ Jesus said. So goes the account of the healing of the deaf man near the Sea of Galilee, as told in Mark. The word is one of a handful of words in Aramaic—believed to be the vernacular language of Jesus—that survived into the Greek New Testament. We don’t have to
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“‘… The Sower sows the Word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy. But they have no
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”… If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. * * * … Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness,
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“Jesus returned to Galilee in the Power of the Spirit … He came to Nazareth and went … into the synagogue … [and] stood up to read … a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me … He has Anointed Me to bring Glad Tidings to the poor. … to Proclaim Liberty to captives
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“Jesus withdrew toward the sea with His Disciples. A large number of people followed …. He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon Him to touch Him. And whenever unclean spirits saw Him they would fall down before Him and shout, ‘You are the Son of God.’ He warned them sternly not to
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“In this Sunday’s Gospel passage of the wedding feast at Cana, there is a theological portrait of both Mother Mary and prayer. …”
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“… ‘Today the Bridegroom claims his bride, the Church, since Christ has washed her sins away in Jordan’s waters; the Magi hasten with their gifts to the royal wedding; and the wedding guests rejoice, for Christ has changed water into wine, alleluia.’ The full manifestation of our Savior includes also His baptism (last Sunday), which is presented as His acquisition
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“There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee …. When the wine ran short, the Mother of Jesus said to Him, ‘They have no wine.’ … His Mother said to the servers, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ … Jesus told the them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ … when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine … the
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