Category: Religion

  “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” (Luke 10:21) In today’s Gospel passage, we hear Jesus thanking God for hiding certain things from the wise and revealing […]

  “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” (Isaiah 2:3) During this season of Advent, one of our most common hymns is “Come Lord Jesus!” As we call […]

  “And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:14)*_ In our first reading today, Daniel narrates the contents of his dreams, the […]

  “Then they brought in the golden and silver vessels which had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Immediately, […]

  As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea– for they were fishermen.” (Matthew 4:18)*_ Andrew was the first person to be called by Jesus to be His disciple. In John’s Gospel, Andrew was one of […]

  A great God has made known to the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.” (Daniel 2:45) God still speaks to us today in many ways and sometimes through dreams. God revealed the future of the kingdom to King Nebuchadnezzar in his dream. The king knew this dream […]

  _A Jew came forward in the sight of all to offer sacrifice upon the altar in Modein, according to the king’s command. When Mattathias saw it, he burned with zeal, and his heart was stirred. He gave vent to righteous anger; he ran and killed him upon the altar.’” (1 Maccabees 2:23-24) In today’s […]