Jesus gave us the eight Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, recorded for all posterity in the Gospel of Matthew, the first Book of the New Testament. Jesus offers us a way of life that promises eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven. The Ten Commandments, given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the Old …
Prayer is the opening of one’s heart and soul in a conversation with God, and thus is an expression of faith in a relationship with God. Jesus himself prayed often, as noted in the Gospel of Luke – before his Baptism (3:21), after healing the sick (5:16), before choosing the Twelve Apostles (6:12), before the …
While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to …
With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.He did not say anything to them without using a parable.But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.Gospel of Mark 4:33-34 Jesus often taught in parables, an ancient Eastern literary genre. The prophet Ezekiel, for example, …
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread,and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you.Do this in remembrance of me.”In the same way he …
She turned round and saw Jesus standing,but she did not know that it was Jesus.Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?”Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away,tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”Jesus said …
THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalemand in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”And when he had said this, as they were looking on,he was lifted up, and a cloud took him …
“You should know how to behave in the household of God,which is the church of the living God,the pillar and foundation of truth.”First Letter of Paul to Timothy 3:15 The point of origin and central figure of the Christian faith is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God. This page reviews the transmission …
When Jesus saw his mother,and the disciple whom he loved standing near,he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!”And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.Gospel of John 19:26-27 Jesus Christ our Redeemer is dying on the Cross and tells “the disciple” to …
“Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together,she was found with child through the holy Spirit.And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.Such was his intention when, …
