The widow did trust and did experience the promise. And the woman in the temple, who gave “everything she had,” showed a similar trust in God. What she gave was not a lot of money, but her whole self, all she had.
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Love God, but you must love yourself first
Then they probably will simply realize that they are already loving God.
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Jesus promises us a life bigger than life itself
That is Jesus’ promise, and that is our fate.
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Remain faithful to God, and be saved
Better to open to God’s love and grace, and presence and Spirit, and at all times to walk with the Lord, the God of all creation.
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The poor, old widow teaches us a lesson
But what did Jesus see?
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A brief commentary on death
King Antiochus faced his coming death with questions and answers that left him in dread.
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Count your blessings, chiefly those we receive through Jesus the Christ
This was truly, for all those lepers, whether they realized it or not, their very own very special Thanksgiving Day.
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See and appreciate your gifts and talents
To bury, as if dead the person and the personal qualities we have been given, is an unimaginable sin against our very selves.
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At first sight, Zacchaeus truly saw! Do we see?
Was Jesus really that good at seeing goodness, at seeing what nobody else could see?
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The faithful suffer, but Jesus liberates
And so a blind man hears of Jesus’ presence nearby, and nothing and no one could stop him from crying out louder and louder and louder until he was heard by Jesus, in spite of the many attempts by many to silence him.
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