Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Epheasians (5:6-20). In it Paul encourages us to not be distracted or led away from the light of God that comes through Christ.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 14
Text: Isaiah 51:1-16
“Listen to me, my people,and give heed to me, my nation, for a teaching will go out from me and my justice for a light to the peoples.”
THE ILLUSION OF FREEDOM: “…with freedom comes responsibility. As human beings our responsibility may be to live and let live; but as Christians, our responsibility is to love our fellow brothers and sisters.”
Continue reading →The story of Ruth and Naomi holds an answer to an old, old issue: Humankind has always had to figure out how to handle adversity. How do we rally when everything on earth we know and love is tragically stripped away? How do we go on, how do we move forward?
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 13
Text: Ruth 1:15-17
Do not press me to leave you, to turn back from following you!…
your people shall be my people and your God my God.”
BLESSED ARE…: ” We have been in this Lenten study for almost 2 weeks. Perhaps you are taking the call to repentance seriously and you wonder when you will turn the corner and feel forgiven.”
Continue reading →Joanne Lorenzo performs the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”, and talks about the origins of the hymn as well as the message of hope this hymn offers us today.
Continue reading →If you have ever been forgiven, you know the goal is freedom! There is no greater feeling on earth than having your guilt lifted but to know that you have to have experienced it!
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 10
Text: 1 John 1:5-10
“If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Romans (4:13-25). Father John explains how the central idea of this text is about love.
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