Jul 29, 2023
(1Kgs.3:5,7-12; Ps.119:57,72,76-77,97,127-130; Rm.8:28-30; Mt.13:44-52)
“The revelation of your words sheds light,
giving understanding to the simple.”
Wisdom. The “pearl of great price.” How precious the ability “to distinguish right from wrong” by the grace of God, and to choose the right way at...
Jul 27, 2023
(Ex.20:1-17; Ps.19:8-11,Jn.6:69; Mt.13:18-23)
“What was sown on good soil
is the man who hears the message and takes it in.”
“The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul… The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye… More precious than gold” and “sweeter also than syrup or...
Jul 22, 2023
(Ws.12:13,16-19; Ps.86:5-6,9-10,15-16; Rom.8:26-27; Mt.13:24-43)
“First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Such are the Lord’s instructions to the harvesters, His angels that come “at the end of the age,” when “just as weeds are collected and...
Jul 15, 2023
(Is.55:10-11; Ps.65:10-14,Lk.8:8; Rom.8:18-23; Mt.13:1-23)
“The seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit.”
Comes the Word of God. To our eyes, to our ears. A seed sown within our hearts. May it find rich soil in which to grow, that we might know...
Jul 8, 2023
(Zec.9:9-10; Ps.145:1-2,8-11,13-14; Rom.8:9,11-13; Mt.11:25-30)
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.”
A remarkable confluence of Scripture today, extolling the “great kindness” of our King, who comes to us “meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of...