For thus says the Lord:Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘Save, O Lord, your people, the remnant of Israel.’ From Jeremiah 31:7-9, NRSV This prophecy from Jeremiah must have been hard for many of the people of Israel to accept. At the time of…
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Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the…
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So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the…
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When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification.…
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But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. From Romans 6:12-18, NRSV In today’s reading, Paul wants to help the…
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Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. From Romans 5:12,15,17-21, NRSV In today’s…
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Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. From 2 Timothy 4:10-17, NRSV Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Luke – the author of the Gospel carrying his name and also widely considered as the…
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Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain.When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;through him the will of the Lord shall prosper. Out of his anguish he shall see light;he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, shall make…
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Hoping against hope, he (Abraham) believed that he would become ‘the father of many nations’, according to what was said, ‘So numerous shall your descendants be.’ From Romans 4:13,16-18, NRSV In today’s reading, Paul continues his reflection on the promise made to Abraham. Paul reiterates that this promise did not come to Abraham or his…
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What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ From Romans 4:1-8, NRSV In…
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