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 first eleven verses of the Sermon on the Mount describe those who are “blessed,” a translation of the Greek word makarios, meaning “superabundant joy.”
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.”
The affirmation of faith of the United Church of Canada, which we recite most Sundays in our worship, says, “We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.”
There’s a lesson for Christians today in this story of the first healing after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
Of all the people on the pages of the Bible, it was the Apostle Paul who knew what it was to face the harshness of life.
As I write this, I’m remembering the construction of the children’s wing expansion at our church.
Psalm 119, one of several acrostic poems found in the Bible, has 176 verses, making it the longest Psalm as well as the longest chapter in the Bible.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
