Continually listening for the truth, facing the truth and submitting to the truth, enables us to get out of the way and let God’s forgiving Presence take over the relationship.
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 16:13-20 – Jesus asks his disciples some leading questions about his identity. First of all: What do the people say? Then: What do you say?
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 16:13-20 – Jesus asks his disciples some leading questions about his identity. First of all: What do the people say? Then: What do you say?
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 16:13-20 – Jesus asks his disciples some leading questions about his identity. First of all: What do the people say? Then: What do you say?
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 15:21-28 – we have the intriguing story of Jesus’ encounter with the “Canaanite woman”. … This story is intriguing because the last stated geographical location in which Matthew places Jesus, is Gennesaret, at the very northern end of the Lake of Galilee – see 14:34-36. It is about a 50-60kms walk from there West to Tyre and a further 30-40kms North to Sidon.
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 10:37-42 – we hear some of the hard sayings of Jesus. Already in the Sermon on the Mount we have heard Jesus say: “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). He challenges his listeners to ask the question: “Where is your morality grounded? Is it primarily a matter of conforming to cultural, social and religious customs and expectations? Is it a matter of simply doing what you, as an individual, happen to think at the time is right?”
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 10:37-42 – we hear some of the hard sayings of Jesus. Already in the Sermon on the Mount we have heard Jesus say: “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). He challenges his listeners to ask the question: “Where is your morality grounded? Is it primarily a matter of conforming to cultural, social and religious customs and expectations? Is it a matter of simply doing what you, as an individual, happen to think at the time is right?”
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 10:37-42 – we hear some of the hard sayings of Jesus. Already in the Sermon on the Mount we have heard Jesus say: “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). He challenges his listeners to ask the question: “Where is your morality grounded? Is it primarily a matter of conforming to cultural, social and religious customs and expectations? Is it a matter of simply doing what you, as an individual, happen to think at the time is right?”
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 10:37-42 – we hear some of the hard sayings of Jesus. Already in the Sermon on the Mount we have heard Jesus say: “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). He challenges his listeners to ask the question: “Where is your morality grounded? Is it primarily a matter of conforming to cultural, social and religious customs and expectations? Is it a matter of simply doing what you, as an individual, happen to think at the time is right?”
In today’s Gospel – Matthew 10:37-42 – we hear some of the hard sayings of Jesus. Already in the Sermon on the Mount we have heard Jesus say: “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). He challenges his listeners to ask the question: “Where is your morality grounded? Is it primarily a matter of conforming to cultural, social and religious customs and expectations? Is it a matter of simply doing what you, as an individual, happen to think at the time is right?”