Blog Category: Chaplain’s Blog

[Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.“] (Mt.23:1-3) Far too often Jesus’s critique of […]

[“Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws. We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, […]

[Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you are making this agreement with the LORD: He is to be your God and you are to walk […]

[Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.“] (Mt. 5:20) This directive from Jesus must have sounded darn near impossible to His disciples.  The scribes and Pharisees were the religious rockstars of their day. They knew […]

[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 you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which one of you would hand […]

[Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.] (Lk. 11:30) When asked to provide a sign for His listeners, Jesus references the one sign they will receive—the sign of Jonah.  As much as Jonah didn’t want to follow God’s directive, he eventually did what God […]

[Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.“] (Mt. 6:7-8) After Jesus told us yesterday that God is a judge as well as […]

[Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.“] (Mt. 25:31-32) […]

[Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed Him.] (Lk. 5:27) Once again we see Jesus extending mercy to a sinner.  In this case He reaches out to Levi, one of the twelve Apostles. Jesus simply […]

[The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast? Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”] […]