Words of Encouragement

 

Open Your Eyes!

March 18th, 2010 by Mark Shea

2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed, and said, “O LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full…

 

St. Patrick’s Breastplate!

March 17th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.

I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through the belief in the threeness, through confession of…

 

Our Practical God!

March 16th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Psalm 105:5
Remember the wonderful works that He has done,
his miracles, and the judgments He uttered.

The biblical view of revelation is refreshingly practical.  One of the many pathologies of modernity is that it is far too…

 

The Lord Our Healer!

March 15th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Exodus 15:26
“If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in His eyes, and give heed to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none…

 

Christ, the Model of the Patient Teacher!

March 14th, 2010 by Mark Shea and Jeff Cavins

John 18:37

Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.…

 

Why Chastity?

March 13th, 2010 by Mark Shea

1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity.

Our culture thinks that the Church speaks against unchastity because it thinks sex is dirty.  But Pope John Paul II shows that…

 

The Scandal of the Incarnation!

March 12th, 2010 by Mark Shea

2 John 7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Whenever big numbers like “2000″…

 

See with Mystical Eyes!

March 11th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Revelation 21:2-4
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling…

 

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same!

March 10th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Proverbs 18:18
The lot puts an end to disputes
and decides between powerful contenders.

To decide things by lot was to decide things by chance.  Lots were cast for Jesus’ clothes.  It does not follow that the soldier…

 

The Eternity of God!

March 9th, 2010 by Mark Shea

2 Peter 3:8
But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2 Peter is not the first place we would normally…

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