Feb 19, 2024 | Quote of the Week
“However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent.” ― Pope Pius...
Feb 19, 2024 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK OF LENT Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. When we hear this commandment, two questions come to mind: What does it mean to be holy? And how are we supposed to get there? The Hebrew word for “holy” is kodesh, which means to be “set apart.” When God...
Feb 16, 2024 | Word Among Us
FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Why do we fast, and you do not see it? The people of Jerusalem were fasting, and they wanted God to take notice! And he did, but not in the way they had expected. Instead of being pleased with their self-denial, he spoke through the prophet...
Feb 15, 2024 | Word Among Us
THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Crucifixions in first-century Palestine under Roman occupation were all too common. So Jesus understood that no one would ever want to take...
Feb 14, 2024 | Word Among Us
ASH WEDNESDAY Return to the Lord, your God. Happy Lent! We might not think of Lent as a “happy” time, but that’s the way God thinks about this season. He looks forward to it! To him, Lent is an exciting time, a hopeful time, a time for his children to come home to...
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