
Sharing the Word for August 24, 2021
In the Book of Revelation God’s great city is bright, impregnable–populated by angels, by the people of God, by the apostles of the Lamb. Each contributes to the glory of the city.
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In the Book of Revelation God’s great city is bright, impregnable–populated by angels, by the people of God, by the apostles of the Lamb. Each contributes to the glory of the city.
When you know the farmers who are planting and harvesting the food you eat, you become keenly aware of the labor involved.
We Catholics love symbols. Go to just about any Catholic church and you will be greeted by a legion of statues, a dazzling display of stained glass images, a prominent altar, a golden tabernacle, and loads of candles. Chief among these symbols is water.
Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians is the oldest extant writing of Christianity. It deals with fundamentals that would permeate Christian teaching from now on.
We’re taxed, exhausted, and perhaps a little numb a year and a half past when the COVID-19 pandemic set in. Before the pandemic, the efforts of health-care workers went largely unnoticed.
We’re taught to forgive when we are wronged, to turn the other cheek. Sometimes it’s even more difficult to forgive ourselves.
Obed becomes the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ruth and Boaz’s son is the grandfather of the king who brought Israel to its finest hours.
As I imagine a flourishing world, I picture one in which we are all able to become our truest, best, most Christlike selves.
Ruth refuses to leave her mother-in-law. She has formed a deep bond with Naomi’s people–who are God’s people. Their affection leads to results that no one could have foreseen.
If we think we loved each other while on earth, there are no words to describe the perfect love we will have for one another in eternity.
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