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Many people struggle financially trying to keep their head above water. Christ reminds us that our true wealth is in loving others so that we can find real meaning in life. The context, just before today’s passage, was Jesus’s teaching

Sometimes it may feel like God has abandoned us. But, he calls to us under that fig tree so that we know we’re one of his children. In today’s reading, it’s Philip who runs to find Nathanael and tells him

Life is complex and many of us often find ourselves feeling lost and without direction. Jesus is our shepherd so that we can find direction and meaning in life as a part of God’s one flock. In the 1st century,

When you turn on the news, it’s clear that the world is hurting. Christ makes us the light of the world so that everyone can find the healing message of the gospel.

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Today, Jesus calls us to action, but not in the way we expect. Jesus instructs us to invite the destitute, the crippled, the lame, and the blind to our tables. What we hear is an invitation to go out and

8th Sunday of Luke  The key around which the entire story of the Good Samaritan revolves is the question of how to inherit life in the Age to come. The answer is to love God and to love your neighbor.

On the surface, this reading looks just like another healing miracle. But, the context suggests that this story is an image of a much larger event. It follows the story of the Transfiguration. The way the Transfiguration story is laid

Sometimes there’s more happening than meets the eye. Jesus sends his disciples out into the world. They are called to bring peace to those who accept them and to preach about the Kingdom of God. When they return, they tell

If your path is leading to destruction, doesn’t it make sense to have a change direction? As Jesus heads towards Jerusalem, he’s warned that other Galileans, like himself, were killed by Herod. Beware! However, perhaps those Galileans deserved their fate.

The word faith is often misunderstood. For many of us, we talk about having faith in God, in Christ, in the Trinity. And, what we mean by this that we believe a certain set of concepts. We’ve mentally understood the