Nov 28, 2020

(Is.63:16b-17,19b,64:2-7;   Ps.80:2-4,15-16,18-19;   1Cor.1:3-9;   Mk.13:33-37) 

“Would that you might meet us doing right,

that we were mindful of you in our ways!” 

“O Lord of hosts, look down from heaven, and see.”  “Rouse your power, and come to save us.”  Do not “let us wander, O Lord, from your ways,...

Nov 10, 2020

(Ti.3:1-7; Ps.23:1-6; Lk.17:11-19)

“Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

Such is the cry of the ten lepers standing at a distance from the Lord.  And such is the cry that wells up in all our hearts when we realize we must keep ourselves far from His company for the sin that festers like a disease in our souls. ...

Nov 3, 2020

(Phil.2:12-18;   Ps.27:1,4,13-14;   Lk.14:25-33)

“Work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation.”

Strive we must always to attain the kingdom of God, setting our hearts on salvation alone, and trusting in the Lord all the while.

“If one of you decides to build a tower, will he not first sit down and...

Nov 2, 2020

(Phil.2:5-11;   Ps.22:26-32;   Lk.14:15-24) 

“The lowly shall eat their fill.”

Yes, “happy is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God.”  Indeed, he shall have his fill.  But who shall partake of such grace?  Who shall come to the feast when the Master calls?

Brothers and sisters, our “attitude must be...