Matthew 24:36–44 Jesus gives us two images to help us understand His return: the days of Noah and a thief breaking in during the night. One is a historical event woven deeply into Israel’s memory; the other is an everyday reality. One came with warnings and time to get ready. The other is unexpected, disruptive, […]
The Prayer Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious
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If you grew up watching Snow White, you probably remember it as a simple fairytale: a beautiful princess, a jealous queen, seven quirky dwarfs, and a magical kiss that brings everything back to life. But if you sit with it long enough, Snow White starts sounding more like an ancient parable disguised as a children’s
Hope, Restoration, and the Promise of God (Isaiah 65:17–25 Reflection) “For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth…”— Isaiah 65:17–25 The Passage Isaiah speaks these words to a weary people: For I am about to create new heavensand a new earth;the former things shall not be rememberedor come to mind. But
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married,
