Month: August 2020
The no-price-tag question
Read More: The no-price-tag questionProper 16, 23 August 2020 In today’s Gospel we heard again how Jesus asked His disciples questions. Children don’t have to be taught to ask a lot of questions: they have a strong desire to learn and know. The Sacraments are there to provoke children to ask questions. The Church’s Catechism is based on questions,…
Longsuffering toward the lost
Read More: Longsuffering toward the lost2 Peter 3:8-10 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord…
Don’t be a Jonah
Read More: Don’t be a JonahJonah 4:1-3 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and…
Do not be deceived
Read More: Do not be deceivedMatthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.” This verse comes from a substantial chapter where Jesus speaks about the signs of His coming (again) and the end of the age. In the previous chapter He had been speaking to the people about obeying the teaching of…
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