Jesus asks us to forgive others.

Jesus asks us to forgive others. We ourselves have been forgiven when we accept Christ. To forgive means to “release” — to let go.
When we forgive others, we release them from judgment — even if they deserve judgment. We ourselves deserve the penalty of our sins, but God has forgiven us in Jesus. So we [...]

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Follow Me

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 8:18-22)
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side.
A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has [...]

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Orphans

There was a little village high up in the hills. Some distance from that village, tucked away in the woods, was a home for orphans. One day the orphanage caught fire and burned to [...]

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Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 8:1-4)
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I will do it. Be made clean.” His leprosy was cleansed immediately.
Then [...]

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Set solidly on the Rock

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 7:21-29)
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in [...]

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Bearing good fruit

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 7:15-22)
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.
By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear [...]

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And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways

Gospel of the Day ( Luke 1:57-67.88 )
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going [...]

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Don’t worry.

“Don’t worry.” All of us as humans tend to worry — about our jobs, about life, about our health, about problems.
One of life’s important lessons is just this — “Do not worry.” The key is found in the Bible, in the book of Philippians 4:6 7. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in [...]

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Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye?

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 7:1-5)
Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
How can [...]

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Your will be done

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 6:7-15)
In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your [...]

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