SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES

We may have all been confronted with some very disappointing news and do not exactly know how to handle it with much patience and calm. We must admit we sometimes blew it and acted very inappropriately with regards to it. Although the world may see it as only right, fitting and normal reaction the 1 st reading today clearly tells us that no matter how justifiable our anger may be in response to an injustice at the end of the day it is our love for one another that should prevail. Amen. Hallelujah! 1 John 3:11-21 11 Beloved: This is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,… The Jews knew of the prophecy that from King David’s lineage would come forth a King, the foretold Messiah of Israel. During the reign of King Ahaz and all other kings of Israel who did evil things the royalty was cut off. During the Babylonian captivity and in exile, those born of the line of David, of royal blood went in hiding for fear of being killed. Even though t...

It's plain and simple, our action speaks for ourselves. We must be imitators of the Just One who is Jesus Christ rather than the evil one. We have to be careful what we convey to other people through the kind of life we live because what the 1 st reading tells us today is very clear. Amen. Hallelujah! 1 John 3:7-10. Children, let no one deceive you.... In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother. Is there any other place we would like to be other than in the loving presence of God? This, I'm sure we can and should have a straight answer without delay. No one should ever claim that they haven't heard or known about God since it is our prime duty to spread and make it known throughout the whole world. There is no denying to the truth that all of us are given the chance to know who our God is and it is also our duty and responsi...