Today’s Gospel theme is worry and anxiety. The Greek verb in ‘do not be anxious‘ is merimnate, used also in Philippians 4:6, ‘Have no anxiety about anything.’ God gave us life and our body, so he will give us the lesser gifts of food and clothing, and therefore anxiety is unnecessary. We are all prone […]
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Jesus loves the law and would do nothing to discredit it, but has come to complete it. Thus, he often begins by reinforcing the familiar with, ‘You have heard that it was said…‘ and moves on to, ‘But I say to you…‘ The new understanding usually expands, rather than reduces, the message of the law,
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Anger is a very common human experience. Situations make us angry; people make us angry; we get angry with ourselves. Sometimes we know we are wrong to be angry. Much more often, we think we are right. We think the fault lies with others — they have made us angry. Or else certain situations provoke
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