𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 (𝐌𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐘) 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐱𝐨 𝟏𝟐:𝟏-𝟖, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟔𝐛𝐜, 𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖 “𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟔 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟑:𝟏-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨.”

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟎: 𝟒-𝟗𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟔𝟗: 𝟖-𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟐, 𝟑𝟏, 𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟒 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟔:𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟏) Was there a time when you felt betrayed by someone close to you, a friend whom you trusted p

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟗:𝟏-𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕𝟏:𝟏-𝟒, 𝟓𝐚𝐛-𝟔𝐚𝐛, 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟕 “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟑:𝟐𝟏-𝟑𝟑, 𝟑𝟔-𝟑𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟏) Many times, when we are asked to patronize

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟐:𝟏-𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟕:𝟏-𝟑, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟒 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟐:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟑) There are two words that seem to mean the same thing. These are lov

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐌 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃’𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟎:𝟒-𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟐: 𝟖-𝟗, 𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟒 “𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞?” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐏𝐡𝐢 𝟐:𝟔-𝟏𝟏 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟔:𝟏𝟒 - 𝟐𝟕:𝟔𝟔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒆.” (𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕 26:22)

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝟑𝟕:𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟐𝐚𝐛𝐜𝐝, 𝟏𝟑 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟓-𝟓𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟓𝟏) St. Paul, in his letter to the Colossians in Chapter 3, v

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎: 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟖: 𝟐-𝟕 “𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟏-𝟒𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟔)

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟕:𝟑-𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟓:𝟒-𝟗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟖:𝟓𝟏-𝟓𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.” (𝐯.𝟓𝟏) If you happen to pass by a dimly-lit alley that is almost isolated where there’s no o

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟕:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟎: 𝟕-𝟏𝟏 “𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝; 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐇𝐞𝐛 𝟏𝟎:𝟒-𝟏𝟎 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟖) The Gospel today gives us an insight on

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐍𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟏:𝟒-𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟐:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟏 “𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟖:𝟐𝟏-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐞…”(𝐯.𝟐𝟖) People over time hav

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟑:𝟏-𝟔𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟑:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟖:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐆𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟏) Adultery which is at the center of today’s Gospel pass

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟐. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝟑𝟕:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟎:𝟏-𝟖 “𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟖:𝟖-𝟏𝟏 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏𝟏:𝟏-𝟒𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟓) On this Fifth Sunday of Lent, we are

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟗-𝟏𝟐 “𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟕:𝟒𝟎-𝟓𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟒𝟏) Why is it so difficult for Catholics to speak and defend Jesus the way evangelicals or born-again Christians do? Compared to other Christian ch

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐖𝐢𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝐚, 𝟏𝟐-𝟐𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟒:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟑 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟕: 𝟏-𝟐, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟓-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟗) It comes as a surprise why despite the latest tools in communications and the vastly developed me

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇. 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐇 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟕:𝟒-𝟓, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟗:𝟐-𝟓, 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟒:𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟐 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏:𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟗:𝟖-𝟏𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟓:𝟖-𝟗, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟓:𝟏𝟕-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟕) If somebody were to appear before you and say

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝟒𝟕:𝟏-𝟗, 𝟏𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟔: 𝟐-𝟑, 𝟓-𝟔, 𝟖-𝟗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬; 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟓:𝟏-𝟏𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥?” (𝐯.𝟔) If you ask 10 people today what their primary concern in life is

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟔𝟓:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟎:𝟐, 𝟒-𝟔, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟑 “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟒:𝟒𝟑-𝟓𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟓𝟑) Faith is something that I grew up with – from my initial introduction to

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟏𝟔:𝟏, 𝟔-𝟕, 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟑 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝; 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐄𝐩𝐡 𝟓:𝟖-𝟏𝟒 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟗:𝟏-𝟒𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝!” (𝐯.𝟑𝟖) In my younger days, my playmates and I loved to play with mud fi

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐇𝐨𝐬 𝟔:𝟏-𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟏:𝟑-𝟒, 𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟏 “𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟖:𝟗-𝟏𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟒) No two people are alike. Even for twins there remains a thing or two that makes one differ