Archive for August 2020

“Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs, appearing beautiful on the outside but filled with dead bones on the inside.” Jesus the Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 23 Hypocrite: From the Greek “hypokrites” meaning “actor” or “one who wears a mask”. My dear mother Jean recounted the…

“A sword shall pierce your soul . . .”  Simeon to Mary “The Way reveals His love by giving hope where this no hope.  The Way reveals Himself, but only in a reign of stillness, when the soul is alone, imprisoned in the heart, seeking Him alone in her pain.”  Christ the Eternal Tao There…

“Though He was in the very nature of God, He did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but rather divested Himself of all privilege . . . and humbled Himself and became obedient even unto the point of death.”  (Philippians 2) “When you have descended into the valley with Him, and with…

“Clothe yourselves with humility . . .  God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5 What does it mean to be broken?  When have you been broken?  What is it that broke you?  Was it some unexpected tragedy in life?  Was it the overwhelming sense of grief at the death…