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“Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died?Or the prophets, who died?Who do you make yourself out to be?” John 8:53 This verse above comes from a longer passage about Jewish leaders who confronted Jesus about His apparent oneness with the Father and His apparent power over death. They doubted His words. They challenged …

Day 37: Thank you to the Manordale Valley Knights of Columbus, Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene, Elk County Right to Life, St. Agnes Parish (North Huntingdon), and all other prayer volunteers! Read More »

The LORD said to Moses,“Go down at once to your peoplewhom you brought out of the land of Egypt,for they have become depraved.They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them,making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it,sacrificing to it and crying out,‘This is your God, O Israel,who brought you out …

Day 30: Thank you to Holy Family Parish, Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene, St. Joseph and St. Michael (Clarion), and all of our other prayer volunteers! Read More »

Even now, says the LORD,return to me with your whole heart,for I am gracious and merciful. Joel 2: 12-13 This passage has recently been a powerful one for me. It’s those two little words at the beginning…. “Even now.” We may ask questions like: Isn’t it too late for the Lord to forgive me? Haven’t …

Day 23: Thank you to Christ the King Parish, Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene, Round Hill Presbyterian Church, and all of our other prayer volunteers! Read More »

To honor St. Patrick today, I figured we could gain something from some of his actual words: “So I turned with all my heart to the Lord my God, and He looked down on my lowliness and had mercy on my youthful ignorance.” This really struck me today. St. Patrick knew that sometimes, he had …

Day 16: Thank you to Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene, and all of our other prayer volunteers! Read More »

The scriptures from today’s liturgy are all about asking the Lord for what we need. The following passage is from today’s Gospel. Our Lord Jesus tells us some amazing and comforting words: Jesus said to his disciples:“Ask and it will be given to you;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to …

Day 9: Thank you to Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene, St. Jospeh the Worker Parish, and all other prayer volunteers! Read More »