Exile and return
They saw the hole left in their own lives when they were forced to leave home, but did they think about the holes in the community and the families that were left behind?
They saw the hole left in their own lives when they were forced to leave home, but did they think about the holes in the community and the families that were left behind?
… Christian life is more than a marathon; it can also be a treacherous obstacle course. Expect to be tripped. Expect to fall. Endurance means more than just chugging along. We must regularly pick ourselves up and get back in the race.
Monday, November 11, 2013 — Week of Proper 27, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including
You can just see our host in this story trying to quietly eat his dinner, thinking, “My God, whatever possessed me to invite these people! How do I get them out of my house?”
Friday, November 8, 2013 — Week of Proper 26, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 — Week of Proper 26, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including
Luke 20: 27-38 The whole 20th Chapter of Luke is taken up with Jesus confounding the scribes, the Sadducees and Pharisees as they each try
Monday, November 4, 2013 — Week of Proper 26, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including