𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐇𝐨𝐬 𝟏𝟒:𝟐-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟏:𝟔-𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟕 “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝; 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟏𝟐:𝟐𝟖-𝟑𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟒) Could you imagine what life would be had Jesus not stepped into our world. Has it ever occur

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟕:𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟓:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟔-𝟗 “𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) Have you ever had a real-life experience where one of your friends or acquaintanc

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐭 𝟒:𝟏, 𝟓-𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟕:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟎 “𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟓:𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟕) At the core of today’s Gospel is what we refer as the Law. What

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟑:𝟐𝟓, 𝟑𝟒-𝟒𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟓:𝟒-𝟗 “𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐭 𝟏𝟖:𝟐𝟏-𝟑𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐍𝐨, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧!” (𝐯.𝟐𝟐) Do you still remember the saying we all grew up with? 𝑻𝒐 𝒆𝒓𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟐 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟓:𝟏-𝟏𝟓𝐚𝐛 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟐:𝟐-𝟑; 𝟒𝟑:𝟑-𝟒 “𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝?” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟒:𝟐𝟒-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “..𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟒) “𝐍𝐨

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐌𝐢𝐜 𝟕:𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟑:𝟏-𝟒, 𝟗-𝟏𝟐 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟏𝟓:𝟏-𝟑, 𝟏𝟏-𝟑𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟐) Have you ever given yourself in love to anyone. The kind of love that knows no bounds. Limitless. In

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝟑𝟕:𝟑-𝟒, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑𝐚, 𝟏𝟕𝐛-𝟐𝟖𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟓: 𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟏 “𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟑-𝟒𝟑, 𝟒𝟓-𝟒𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞” (𝐯.𝟒𝟐) Many summers ago,

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕:𝟓:𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟔:𝟏𝟗-𝟑𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “..𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟏) Did you notice that almost all the liturgical readings we hav

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟏:𝟓-𝟔, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 “𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟖 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈.” (𝒗. 22) Many of us, though most won’t admit it, but we all love to be praised. We want to get ahead of others and si

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟑, 𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟏:𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟎:𝟖-𝟗, 𝟏𝟔𝐛𝐜-𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟑 “𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟑:𝟏-𝟏𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛

𝐌𝐀𝐑. 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐃𝐧 𝟗:𝟒𝐛-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕𝟗:𝟖,𝟗,𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟑 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟔:𝟑𝟔-𝟑𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟕) Do you know that the Lenten Season starting from Ash Wednesday up to Easter Sunday can be compared

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟐:𝟏-𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟑:𝟒-𝟓, 𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟐 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟐 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝟏:𝟖-𝟏𝟎 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝟏𝟕:𝟏-𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞…. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.” (𝐯.𝟓) Much of

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐭 𝟐𝟔:𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟗: 𝟏-𝟐, 𝟒-𝟓, 𝟕-𝟖 "𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝." 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟓:𝟒𝟑-𝟒𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟒𝟒) One of the teachings that moved me

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝟏𝟖:𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟐𝟎:𝟏-𝟕𝐚, 𝟕𝐛𝐜-𝟖 “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝?” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟓:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟒) This i

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐬 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟖:𝟏-𝟑, 𝟕-𝟖 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝟕:𝟕-𝟏𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦!” (𝐯.𝟏𝟏)

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝟑:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟏:𝟑-𝟒, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟗 “𝐀 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐎 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧…” (𝐯.𝟐𝟗) “Prove it to me!” is what we often hear in t

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟓:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟒:𝟒-𝟕, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟗 “𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐭 𝟔:𝟕-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝..” (𝐯.𝟖) In the years I spent in the Catholic school where I was enrolled in my younger days, religi

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐋𝐞𝐯 𝟏𝟗:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟗:𝟖-𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟓 “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐭 𝟐𝟓:𝟑𝟏-𝟒𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟒𝟎)

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝟐:𝟕-𝟗; 𝟑:𝟏-𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟏:𝟑-𝟔, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟕 “𝐁𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟓:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟗 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟒:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟎) What many people do not know

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐚𝐦 𝟏:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟒:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟗 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟖:𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝?” (𝐯.𝟏𝟕) Anxiety is part and parcel of human nature. I have yet to meet someone who has not experienced anxiety in