How silently, how silently the wondrous gift was given That God imparts to human hearts the wonder of his heaven.                            “O Little Town of Bethlehem”          There are competing ideas as to the exact date of Jesus’ birth. For ...

Thus says the LORD to His anointed, Cyrus,
whose right hand I grasp,
subduing nations before Him,
and making kings run in His service,
opening doors before him
and leaving the gates unbarred:
For the sake of Jacob, my servant,
of Israel, my chosen one, Isaiah 45:1, ...

We beheld His Glory the glory as of the Only Son of the Father.                                                                       I John 1: 1    We were witnesses to His majesty.  For when He  received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice ...

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us.                                                 Romans 8:18 The world has its glories; as Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, there is a goodness “deep down ...

Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant,
you shall be my special possession,
dearer to me than all other people,
though all the earth is mine.
You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a ...

  “From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say,
"Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand
                                               ...

And a voice from the throne said, “Behold I make all things new.” Revelation 21:5 New Year’s Day has not always been January 1, for during the long Middle Ages it was the Feast of the Annunciation on March twenty-fifth ...

God created man in His own image; in the image of God he created him. God
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. And he walked in the Garden in
the cool of the day, and He called Adam's name. "Where ...

“Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” I said to him, “My
lord, you are the one who knows.”
He said to me,
“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress;
they have ...

The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds;
it does not rest till it reaches its goal,
nor will it withdraw till the Most High answers,
judges justly and affirms the right,
and the Lord will not delay. Sirach 35:12 Christ brought into the ...

Jesus said to the Pharisees:
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores. . . .
When the poor man ...

First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers,
petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,
for kings and for all in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life
in all devotion and dignity.
This is good and pleasing to God our savior,
who ...

  Be sure of this;
if the master of the house had known the hour
when the thief was coming,
he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,
the Son ...