St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Sunday, May 31st I am frightened by the insecurities about me. I am sorely tempted to run for my life, to take refuge in foolish escapades that dim the vision and drug the soul. There is no escape from the realities of this fractured world… But there is…
Saturday, May 30th I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern…
Friday, May 29th Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed…
Thursday, May 28th I, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we…
Tuesday, May 26th Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, to begin with, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it. Indeed, there have…
Monday, May 25th The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. –Galatians 5:22-23 On this Memorial Day, I am struck by the thought of how much talk we’re hearing during these days about the notion of freedom. The word “freedom” is…
Sunday, May 24th Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come…
Saturday, May 23rd If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have…
The Saint John’s Bible, John Frontispiece: The Word Made Flesh. Donald Jackson, 2002 Friday, May 22nd Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other…
The Saint John’s Bible, John Frontispiece: The Word Made Flesh. Donald Jackson, 2002 Thursday, May 21st Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters…