To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. We are to live faith actively, a faith that permeates every aspect of our lives. Jesus continues to discuss those traits we are to necessarily integrate into our lives.

 "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light." We are to live faith actively, a faith that permeates every aspect of our lives. Jesus continues to discuss those traits we are to necessarily integrate into our lives.

“Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We are to live faith actively, a faith that permeates every aspect of our lives. Scripture calls us to actively acknowledge Jesus before others and we must do that by the way we speak, act, serve, worship – in all we do.

Jesus said, “Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father." Courage, fortitude, good example, perseverance – the marks of a good father, those we honor this Father’s Day.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord. Today’s Epistle taken from Acts has a huge backstory and exposition. The verse I just read is the climax of thirty-five prior verses. Paul, Barnabas, and their companions end up in Antioch of Pisidia. As is typical of their routine, they go the Synagogue.

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. The end of May marked the end of the Easter Season at Pentecost (May 24th). Following Pentecost we celebrated and will celebrate Trinity Sunday (May 31st), Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi (June 7th), and finally Word of God Sunday (June 14th). This wonderful time can be thought of as the Season of the Church. In this season we focus on the mysteries of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity, The Body and Blood of Jesus, and Holy Scripture. In fact, the Church Herself is a mystery

"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life” Three days ago, the Church celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Jesus. As with other major Solemnities in the life of the Church, Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, and Pentecost, that day began an eight-day celebration, an Octave.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. We have one God, one Lord, one Savior, one Way, one new life.

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. Jesus enters the upper room and breathes on the Apostles gathered giving them power and authority. Today, fifty days after the Resurrection and ten days after His Ascension the Holy Spirit fills the upper room and descends on all there.

“I revealed Your name to those whom You gave me out of the world. They belonged to You, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.” Christ is Risen! Alleluia! He is truly risen! Alleluia! Last week we discussed the change that was needed in our view. Our limited human view needed transformation and indeed it has been transformed by our faith in Jesus Christ. We now have a Kingdom view that goes far beyond human limits.