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Just as salt and light do not have their effect through words, so also the effectiveness of the disciple does not arise so much from what we say as from our general savor, and from the rays of illumination we put forth.
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JN 6:51-58
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM
The Beatitudes constitute a summary of what the Christian life is supposed to be: openness to God and generosity to our neighbor. Everything else is a derivative of these fundamental directions.
It is not important to be important Jesus says. By the widow’s expression of total dependence on God she stands higher in the sight of God than all the scribes and religious leaders.
In Psalm 110 David refers to the Messiah as “my Lord.” How can the Messiah be more than David and yet be David’s son? It’s a complicated question that involves scriptural interpretation and popular understanding about the Messiah and the significance of David.
Keeping the commandments is not a matter of observing a set of rules. It’s a matter of loving God and carrying out the consequences of that love.
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JN 3:16-18
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM
Through the Trinity we have strength to live in relationship to one another. We’re to encourage one another and live in peace. Such a relationship is God’s plan for us.
There have been sufferings connected with the work of Timothy and Paul, but Paul is confident that God will continue to guard the gifts entrusted to them.
Jesus implies that we owe something to God because we have received from him. We owe something to government because we receive services of various kinds from it. Both government and religion have claims on us.
