When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they who mourn,for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the land.Blessed are they …
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,when they sacrificed the Passover lamb,Jesus’ disciples said to him,“Where do you want us to goand prepare for you to eat the Passover?”He sent two of his disciples and said to them,“Go into the city and a man will meet you,carrying a jar of water.Follow him.Wherever …
Bld. Titus Brandsma was a steadfast devotee of St. Boniface, whose memorial we celebrate today, June 5. In fact, he made an effort that the devotion to the saint would be propagated. He has devoted several writings on the saint including an unfinished reflection on the Stations of the Cross, which he wrote while in …
In the course of his teaching Jesus said,“Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robesand accept greetings in the marketplaces,seats of honor in synagogues,and places of honor at banquets.They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext,recite lengthy prayers.They will receive a very severe condemnation.” He sat down opposite the …
As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said,“How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David?David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord said to my lord,‘Sit at my right handuntil I place your enemies under your feet.’ David himself calls him ‘lord’;so how is he his …
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,“Which is the first of all the commandments?”Jesus replied, “The first is this:Hear, O Israel!The Lord our God is Lord alone!You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul, with all your mind,and with all your strength.The second is this:You shall …
Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,came to Jesus and put this question to him, saying,“Teacher, Moses wrote for us,‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child,his brother must take the wifeand raise up descendants for his brother.’Now there were seven brothers.The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.So the …
Some Pharisees and Herodians were sentto Jesus to ensnare him in his speech.They came and said to him,“Teacher, we know that you are a truthful manand that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.You do not regard a person’s statusbut teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.Is it lawful to pay the …
Mary set outand traveled to the hill country in hasteto a town of Judah,where she entered the house of Zechariahand greeted Elizabeth.When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,the infant leaped in her womb,and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,cried out in a loud voice and said,“Most blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your …
“One of those ways (for the soul to climb the summit of its perfection, according to English Carmelite Henry de Hanna) is that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit work in the soul with the glorious consequence that God is born in the soul and (that) He reveals Himself in it in …