Scripture
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Why Read the Old Testament?
Image: Josh Applegate A recent discussion with a loved one set me thinking. He asks, why read the Old Testament? It’s supposedly filled with confusing passages, lots of violence, not much that could be applied to daily life, unlike the… Continue reading
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Scripture, Beauty, Art, Chesterton: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Today’s reading was a bit WOW for me, I’m kinda left speechless, so I’m limiting my “response reflection” to music and art. Here’s where I “journeyed” today…. some of my favorite Scripture verses. I thought it would be interesting to… Continue reading
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Fifteen Will Do
It hasn’t even been here a week. And one doesn’t even need thirty minutes a day. Fifteen will do. Fifteen minutes of this gives one enough practice and knowledge to read fifteen minutes of this: Continue reading
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Life, in Sacred Scripture
Children too are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children born in one’s youth. Blessed are they whose quivers are full. – Psalm 127:3-5… Continue reading
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Isaiah 58:1-7
1Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation… Continue reading
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Old Testament
From Migi, age 7: “Mom, shouldn’t the New Testament be the “Old” Testament now?” Continue reading
