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Sayings of the Master
Matthew 4:16-25 No one can live only on food. People need every word God has spoken. When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off. If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven. When...
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March 18–Day 12
Matthew 18:20-22 20For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” 21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I...
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St. Joseph
Everything we know about the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus comes from Scripture and that has seemed too little for those who made up legends about him. We know he was a carpenter, a...
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Using All Your Strength
I remember an old story about a little boy who was out helping dad with the yard work. Dad asked him to pick up the rocks in a certain area of the yard. Dad looked over and saw him struggling to pull...
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Words for the Journey
No one can live only on food. People need every word God has spoken. When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off. If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven. When you give to the...
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My Treasure
I have a little rock, smaller than the palm of my hand and shaped like a perfect heart. On a summer day while taking a walk with my grandfather, he noticed it on the ground and gave it to me. That was...
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Questions for Jesus
1. When you said, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head,” did you remember that there was no room in the Bethlehem inn? 2. When you...
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Living the Gospel
All of Jesus’ rules of ministry, his “tips for the road,” are very interpersonal. They are based on putting people in touch with people. Person-to-person is the way the gospel was originally...
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The Keys to the Kingdom
Our Life and death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our neighbor, we have sinned against Christ. — Abba Anthony When Jesus was questioned by the...
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Questions for Jesus
1. When you said, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head,” did you remember that there was no room in the Bethlehem inn? 2. When you...
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Living the Gospel
All of Jesus’ rules of ministry, his “tips for the road,” are very interpersonal. They are based on putting people in touch with people. Person-to-person is the way the gospel was originally...
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The Keys to the Kingdom
Our Life and death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our neighbor, we have sinned against Christ. — Abba Anthony When Jesus was questioned by the...
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Obedience
In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a...
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The Divine Window of Escape
Abba Poemen said of Abba John the Dwarf that he had prayed God to take his passions away from him so that he might become free from care. He went and told an old man this; ‘I find myself in peace,...
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Finding a Way
One day some old men came to see Abba Anthony. In the midst of them was Abba Joseph. Wanting to test them, the old man suggested a text from the Scriptures, and, beginning with the youngest, he asked...
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Thoughts on Compassion
Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self. —-Russell Simmons My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor,...
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Choices
Choices – they seem unending, especially at Christmas. The Scriptures can be our guide as we observe the way God chooses and the way he challenged others to choose. From the very beginning when Adam...
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Capturing Humility
Look at your weaknesses, not at your strengths, and pay attention to what you still need to do, instead of rehearsing in your mind what you’ve already accomplished. This is the best way to get and keep...
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