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Every week, we sit down around a virtual table and talk about the readings for the upcoming Sunday. Today’s episode of the Hope Canteen podcast is on Matthew 14:13-21, the feeding of the 5000. More than just a miracle, this story offers teaching on our own discipleship and points us to the Kingdom of God.
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In our last reflection in this series, we looked at Justice as central to building up Treasure in Heaven. It is part of the triad of virtues — Justice, Mercy, and Faith — that Jesus highlights as ‘the weightier matters of the law’ by which we should be all be ‘weighing’ our actions (Matthew 23:23). Today, we are going to look at Mercy.
You cannot overstate the importance of mercy in both Jesus’ ministry and the Christian life. This is because mercy is central to the character of God. Pope Francis even wrote a book called The Name of God is Mercy. The most important thing about God may be God’s mercy. We will look at God’s mercy through two snapshots from Jesus’ life.
Every week, your hosts have been sitting around the table and talking about the Bible reading for the upcoming Sunday. This week, Jesus gives a series of short metaphors that describe something of the Kingdom of Heaven: it’s like a mustard seed, yeast mixed with flour, a treasure hidden in a field, a pearl of great value, a net thrown into the sea.
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Happy Feast of the Ascension of our Lord! This is a church liturgical celebration that often gets lost because it takes place during the week, but also because people sometimes don’t understand why it is important. The feast is profound because it brings together a number of different story lines in the Gospel, Continue reading “Ascension: Meditating on the Story”