We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death. 1 John 3:14 Love trumps death Abide in love ...
Remember, O LORD, your compassion and love, * for they are from everlasting. Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; * remember me according...
Catherine of Sienna 29 April 1380 Catherine Benincasa, born in 1347, was the youngest (one of my sources says the 23rd) of twenty-five children of a wealthy...
When [Jesus] had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked...
Just then some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a bed. They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but finding no way to bring him in...
Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Theologian, Doctor 2 May 373 http://www.missionstclare.com/english/May/whole/morning/02m.html (for live links) Outside the...
Now during those days [Jesus] went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 Before acting taking time for praying. Ann...
Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms, [creation] served your all-nourishing bounty, according to the desire of those who had need, so that your...
Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of...
[Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."...
When the days drew near for [Jesus] to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a...
But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in...
... he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped...
Now as they went on their way, [Jesus] entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat...
My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; * I will sing and make melody. Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp; * I myself will waken the dawn....
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lag in...
Kings' daughters stand among the ladies of the court; * on your right hand is the queen, adorned with the gold of Ophir. "Hear, O daughter; consider and listen...
Once Jesus was asked by the [religious leaders] when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, 'The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be...
We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction,...
"A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and...
When all these things have happened to you, the blessings and the curses that I have set before you, if you call them to mind among all the nations where the...
Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away. It is not in heaven, that you should say, "Who will go...
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like...
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up towards...
In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.' Jesus said to them, 'Those who belong to this age marry and are...
'Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the...
But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a short...
So Samuel reported all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over...
The child is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him,...