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Ecclesiastes 3:1-16: God’s Seasons
Ecclesiastes 3:1-16: God’s Seasons Saturday, November 30, 2024 A Favorite from November 20, 2010. God restores what would otherwise be displaced. These opening verses are made familiar to us in song; yet they seem new when we look at them with “Advent eyes.” We learn something new about ourselves and our world when we open ourselves to hope, and to the expectation of restoration. I have recently…
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Colossians 2:8-23: Errors
Colossians 2:8-23: Errors Friday, November 29, 2024 We are sometimes caught up in a well-developed argument, following its false logic to a false end. We can be led astray by philosophy that seems flawless, by practices that seem good and righteous. Long held traditions, jazzy new jargon, worship of something other than God that seems to do no harm, cheating that no one knows about, vanity so…
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Matthew 4:1-11: The Temptations
Matthew 4:1-11: The Temptations James Tissot: Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness Thursday, November 28, 2024 The following are comments from a lecture I once heard on Jesus’ temptation. I do not remember the source but my scribbled notes indicate the haste with which I wrote. These ideas seem so true and on target. Verse 3 – The devil is so clever that he knows to tempt Jesus in his most important…
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Romans 10: Disobedient and Contentious People
Romans 10: Disobedient and Contentious People Monday, November 25, 2024 Paul explains here that faith has a way of saving us in a way that the Mosaic Law does not – and never will. It is impossible to reach heaven or to be one with God if we live a life full of checklists that attend to the duties prescribed by a structure. It is equally impossible to not be saved if we live our lives in Christ…
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Psalm 91: Knowing God’s Name
Psalm 91: Knowing God’s Name Friday, November 22, 2024 A number of years ago I listened to a lecture about the importance of calling on the name of God, the name of Jesus, when we are in peril or distress, and verse 14 of this Psalm featured in that study. Whoever clings to me I will deliver; whoever knows my name I will set on high. We are named at birth, with our parents giving great thought…
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Ezekiel 11: A Natural Heart
Ezekiel 11: A Natural Heart Thursday, November 21, 2024 What you are plotting I well know . . . Yet we humans believe that we can keep our dark secrets hidden. I will give them a new heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the stony heart from their bodies, and replace it with a natural heart, so that they will live according to my statutes, and observe and carry out my ordinances;…
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Matthew 15:29-31: At Jesus’ Feet
Matthew 15:29-31: At Jesus’ Feet Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Jesus heals as he moves through crowds, and he feels the power going forth from him. Jesus also heals those who are brought forward and laid at his feet – the blind, the lame, the mute and others. As we move through our days and look for counsel, release from anxiety, the healing of our physical pain, we too, are in that number. Many…
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Wisdom 9: Prayer for Wisdom
Wisdom 9: Prayer for Wisdom El Greco: Saint Martin and the Beggar Tuesday, November 19, 2024 A Favorite from November 11, 2010. Inspired by 1 Kings 3:6-9, the writer of this prayer seeks wisdom in order that he might do God’s will; and he wishes to dispense justice as God does, with compassion and impartiality. He knows his human limitations well, and for that reason he hopes to tap into the…
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Acts 7: Discourse of Truth
Acts 7: Discourse of Truth Sunday, November 17, 2024 And then the high priest asked him, “Are these things so?” If we were called to witness to the power structure; if we were asked: “Are these things so?” What would we reply? Some of us can imagine ourselves as brave witnesses; others of us know that we would have difficulty standing before our community to declaim the truth. The story of power…
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Joel 2:12-14: Rend Your Hearts, Not Your Garments
Joel 2:12-14: Rend Your Hearts, Not Your Garments Saturday, November 16, 2024 Just this morning a friend and I were discussing the concept of The Rapture, the Book of Revelation, and the end days. Today the Bible opens to Joel, the “prophecy rich in apocalyptic imagery and strongly eschatological in tone”. (CATHOLIC STUDY BIBLE, 1121) Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole…
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Lamentations 1-2: Earthly Woes, Heavenly Realities
Lamentations 1-2: Earthly Woes, Heavenly Realities Emile Signol: Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099 Friday, November 15, 2024 “The sixth century B.C. was an age of crisis, a turning point in the history of Israel. With the destruction of the temple and the interruption of its ritual, the exile of the leaders and loss of national sovereignty, an era came to an end. Not long after…
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Deuteronomy 28 – 31: Our Immortality
Deuteronomy 28 – 31: Our Immortality Thursday, November 14, 2024 These chapters of Deuteronomy outline our relationship with God, the expectations God has, and the consequences we experience – both good and bad – when we either cleave to God beyond all else, or abandon him for the lures of the world. Yesterday’s and today’s Mass and Liturgy of the Hours readings all direct us to be prudent,…
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John 13: The Book of Glory
John 13: The Book of Glory Wednesday, November 13, 2024 From the footnotes in the CATHOLIC STUDY BIBLE (170): The Book of Glory. There is a break here; the word “sign” is used again only in 20,30. In this phase of Jesus’ return to the Father, the discourses (chs 13-17) precede the traditional narrative of the passion (chs 18-20) to interpret them for the Christian reader. This is the only…
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Isaiah 14: Downfall
Isaiah 14: Downfall Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Several years ago we looked at this chapter and focused on the Babylonian ruler who is compared here to Lucifer, the “Day Star,” the one with a bright and promising future. He heeds his own call of resentment and jealousy rather than the redeeming call of God. Here is some of what we were thinking. He has been so overcome by his envy that he has…
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2 Thessalonians 3: Steadfastness
2 Thessalonians 3: Steadfastness Monday, November 11, 2024 In waiting for “the end times”, some early Christians decided to abandon their work and devote themselves to keeping up with gossip; they do not make their own living but live from the toil of others. Paul speaks directly to those who place the burden of living on others, and he is clear about personal responsibility, faith in God, and…
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Psalm 105:15: God's Anointed
Psalm 105:15: God’s Anointed Monday, November 6, 2023 We have spent time with this psalm before and today we take a deeper look. Do not touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm. How do we define faithfulness? Do we admire our ability to hang on no matter what? Are we stubborn to a fault in our persistence to see something through? Do we waver and zigzag in order to gain ground? Or do we…
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John 2:1-12: Water and Wine
John 2:1-12: Water and Wine Saturday, July 8, 2023 Jan Vermeyen: The Marriage Feast at Cana “Do Whatever he tells You” This brief but important story tells us a great deal about Jesus’ relationship with his mother and so it bears re-reading. When we begin to believe that we have lived beyond life’s rewards, we must remember the words of the wedding guest to the host: “You have kept the best…
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