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By Sarah Christmyer “Even if I am to be poured as a libation…” (Phil 2:17) “I am already on the point of being poured out as a libation…” (2 Tim 4:6)   Every year for Lent I give up wine, [...]

Sunday, March 29, 2015 You will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat.  Mark 11:2 Jesus rode donkey into the Holy City. Though he was a king, his crown wasn’t visible to the crowds [...]

Saturday, March 28, 2015 I will turn their mourning into joy.  Jeremiah 31:13 When a person is grieving, it’s hard to wake up in the morning.  The awful realization that death has taken away a [...]

Friday, March 27, 2015 But the Lord is with me, like a mighty champion. Jeremiah 20:11 Last summer, after a rainstorm, I noticed a rainbow arching over my home. Looking upward, I stood with my [...]

Thursday, March 26, 2015 When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him. Genesis 17:3 In the Rite of Ordination, candidates for priesthood lie prostrate on the altar as a sign of total surrender [...]

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. Luke 1:31 Today, try visualizing Jesus in your mind’s eye. Think of all the [...]

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 In the day when I call, answer me speedily.  Psalm 102:2 Many of us have prayed for months or years or a specific prayer to be answered. But sometimes, God will surprise [...]

Monday March 23, 2015 He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.  John 8: 7      In Victor Hugo’s novel Les Mise’rables Jean Valjean is imprisoned for nineteen years. [...]

Most Precious Gift One may shudder and cringe when they hear someone mention the book of Job.  Such a reaction is to be expected, as this book is on the theme of suffering. In just one day Job [...]

Sunday, March 22, 2015 Now, my soul is troubled, and what shall I say?  “Father, save me from this hour? But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour.”  John 12:27  In today’s Gospel, we [...]