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“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 Someone has said: “Man is merely the sum total or his appetites.” I admit that this is a very superficial definition of man, but it does emphasize a very great truth, namely that, “Man is being of many Read more

Acts 20:35. Remember the words of the Lord Jesus who said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” It is intriguing to me that after the four Gospels, Jesus is only directly quoted once in the rest of the New Testament. I do not know why this is. You would think that the Read more

We live in a world, where we are put in a strange double bind by words. On the one hand, we are literally being talked to death. Where can we escape from words? The average house has no soundproof room, where you can escape the bombardment of words. Whether it be the constant, incessant chatter Read more

Much of our love is conditional:  Parents: “I will love you if you obey!” Lovers: “I will love you if you fulfill my need!”  Where, Agapao is a Greek for love in its purest form. It is love with no strings attached. It means to love unconditionally, and sacrificially to love as God loves sinners and Read more

Matthias Grunewald’s Paintings of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection are among the greatest portrayals of this theme Among all the masterpieces hanging in the galleries of the world. Yet there has always been a mystery about these paintings. He seems to use such a different figure for the crucified and the resurrected Christ. His portrayal Read more

The drama of the Prodigal Son is called the greatest short story in the world. Under Jewish law, the father was not free to leave his property as he liked. The elder son received two-thirds of the father’s property, and the younger son received one-third. It was by no means unusual for a father to Read more