The nature of the body with which Jesus resurrected is not an indifferent question for the Christian, because it is with a body similar to that of the Resurrected One that we too will resurrect. Risen from the dead, Jesus appears to his disciples. Now, in the Gospel of the Third Sunday of Easter, it […]
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By showing his wounds to his disciples, the resurrected Jesus affirms that all our sorrows, sadness, and wounds are taken seriously. “Misfortune cannot touch you”, assures Psalm 90, but how can we overcome evil and suffering after Jesus ’ victory over death? The light of the wounds of the resurrected Jesus illuminates the meaning of
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A sense of measure is a virtue, but can truth accommodate this sense of measure? With Jesus, if the truth is often uncomfortable, it is precisely because it goes beyond measure. “How unfortunate for you, Pharisees, because you pay tithe on all the plants of the garden, like mint and rue, and you miss the
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The three Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, report a curious healing, that of an impressive illness manifested by crises described as “worthy of madness” according to the words of the latter. This healing by Jesus took place the day after the Transfiguration, as Jesus came down from the mountain accompanied by his disciples. On this path, He was addressed in
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Some conclude that they are all equal in their dangerous claim to monopolise the truth, that they are all equally inclined to intolerance and as such dangerous, and that it is better to adopt towards them a hostility of egalitarian principle. The most coherent among them consider it necessary to fight politically and ideologically against
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In a way that no religion or philosophy has dared to imagine, Jesus died humiliated, abandoned by men and by God, among sinners. The second characteristic feature of the figure of Jesus contrasts completely with the claim to divinity. It is about the extreme humiliation of Jesus in the hour of his passion. Here we touch on the
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In a reflective tone, Dom Samuel, Abbot of Nový Dvůr in the Czech Republic, offers some ideas for renewing our outlook, based on the themes of the Gospel of Ash Wednesday. The Christian who enters Lent knows too well that specific desires he experiences obstruct his encounter with God. Yes… But can’t we use these
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How Jesus, like God’s wrath, is righteous. Did you know the first commission or first evangelists were Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, who went to look at the tomb (Matthew 28:1)? In a very real sense, Jesus commissions these women as the first evangelists. They will bear the good news that Jesus has risen
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God calls us into His eternal glory, restores us, and perfects us. The Lord God will strengthen us to follow these ten ways to receive God’s glory. May the God of all grace perfect, establish, maintain, and settle you as you endure temporary suffering, enabling you to enjoy all the 10 ways to receive God’s
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The importance of a Christian dating relationship To fully understand how to have a successful Christian dating relationship, we must first grasp the perspective of the unbeliever on the subject of dating. For this reason, we can affirm with a significant degree of certainty that Wikipedia defines dating perfectly. As a stage in a romantic
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