“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15: 9-10 and 12 (KJV). Love…something we all need, search for, and crave, but love doesn’t exist in so many parts of the world, even…..
Love one another because love is from God. When we love, we are born in God. Whomever does not love, does not know God. God’s love is shown to us by God sending His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. He sent Christ to sacrifice for our sins; because He loves us, we should love one another. By loving one another, God lives in us, and His love is made new in us. Because…..
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! In the liturgy today, the Gospel speaks about Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd. He lays His life down for the sheep of His flock. One, who is not the shepherd, a hired hand, sees the wolf coming and runs away. The wolf snatches sheep, and the scared ones scatter to all parts of the field. Christ knows His sheep, and they know Him……
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Psalm 118:24) Today is much like the day that Jesus Christ returned to His Disciples after His Resurrection. The Disciples were mourning His loss and were very frightened and startled when He appeared. Christ said, “Look at my hands and my feet. See it is I. Touch me; I am not a ghost.” While they were overjoyed to realize that everything written about…..
When the Challenger exploded after take off at Cape Canaveral, all I could think about was what Christa McAuliffe said, “Teachers touch the future.” With the challenges teachers face today, I hope Christa’s words are still true. There have been so many medical and scientific advances since that year, and I know my grandchildren know more now than I knew at their ages. With that perspective, we haven’t really done more for education in our nation’s state and federal budgets……
After the Sabbath,Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to the tomb, and an earthquake shook the earth. An angel descended from heaven and rolled back the stone of the tomb; his face was bold like the lightning and his robe as white as new-fallen snow. The soldiers shook so badly that they looked like they were dead. The angel said, “Fear not, for I know you seek Jesus. He is risen, and the tomb is empty. Go tell His…..
This is Holy Week in the Christian calendar; today, Palm Sunday, Jesus Christ rides into Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey with palm-waving and shouting citizens announcing His arrival. My blog is based on the questions that Pilate asked Christ and the mob on Good Friday, before angry and violent citizens who no longer cared about Christ but wanted Barabbas instead. I think we are all Pilates at one time or another in our lives. How could we not be? Jesus…..
I wonder sometimes how many of us stumble through life, hoping for God’s grace for the mistakes we make and knowing that we can live joyfully when we receive His forgiveness. There are new ways to think about the certainties of life. The surest way to God is through Jesus Christ. The birth of Christ was a sure sign of God’s love for the world, and the Sabbath is the pinnacle of God’s creation. Why do we look to heaven…..
I’m finding it very difficult to get over the restrictive laryngitis that I have had for over a month. Once again today, I watched the church service from the Washington National Cathedral on-line instead of going to church. The dean of the Cathedral, the Very Rev. Randall Marshall Hollerith, who I met on-line during COVID, spoke directly to my heart in his sermon about losing sight of your purpose. Many of us began our lives in faith-based families, but over…..
Passover was near, and Christ went to Jerusalem’s temple where He found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves and the money changers were sitting at their tables, waiting for customers. Christ became so angry that He drove everyone and all of the animals out of the temple with a whip. H poured the money on the floor and overturned the tables. He shouted, “Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” The Jews asked Him to show them a sign that…..