The first eleven verses of the Sermon on the Mount describe those who are “blessed,” a translation of the Greek word makarios, meaning “superabundant joy.”
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The house of Simon and Andrew was home base for Jesus and the disciples in Galilee. It was in the town of Capernaum on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Today we have another reading from the longest Psalm in the Bible. It is mostly an extended prayer.
Our text is the story of Mary and Martha from the tenth chapter of Luke. Jesus is visiting in the home of a woman named Martha and her sister Mary.
Today we have a reading from the longest Psalm, and that reading begins with perhaps the best-known verse in this Psalm: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”