Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart - Daily Bible Readings October 31,2015

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Paul attempted to explain that the hardness of the Jews’ hearts did not make sense. It is simply a fact that the Jews failed to recognize Jesus as the Messiah. But thank God, some of them did and, thus, we have Christianity today. There is no point trying to analyze this, as we will not be able to make sense of it. Let us just proclaim the Good News of salvation to the ends of the earth.

 

Romans 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-29

1 Brothers and sisters: I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not! For I, too, am a child of Israel, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 11 Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of course not! But through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous. 12 Now if their transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full number. 25 I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not become wise in your own estimation: a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in, 26 and thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The deliverer will come out of Zion, he will turn away godlessness from Jacob; 27 and this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.28 In respect to the Gospel, they are enemies on your account; but in respect to election, they are beloved because of the patriarchs. 29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

 

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Psalm 94:12-13, 14-15, 17-18

R: The Lord will not abandon his people.

12 Blessed the man whom you instruct, O Lord, whom by your law you teach, 13 giving him rest from evil days. (R) 14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, nor abandon his inheritance; 15 but judgment shall again be with justice, and all the upright of heart shall follow it. (R) 17 Were not the Lord my help, my soul would soon dwell in the silent grave. 18 When I say, “My foot is slipping,” your mercy, O Lord, sustains me. (R)

 

 

GOSPEL

 

Jesus constantly goes back to the call to humility. He tells us to seek the lower places at a banquet in case a more important guest arrives and we are forced to give him our seat. The humble person never promotes himself, especially at the expense of others. The humble person knows that what other people think is not that important — what matters is what God thinks. His grace will rest far more easily on the shoulders of a humble person than a proud one.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.

 

Luke 14:1, 7-11

1 On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. 7 He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him, 9 and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place. 10 Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you he may say, ‘My friend, move up to a higher position.’ Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

 

think: The humble person never promotes himself, especially at the expense of others.

 

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My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me - Daily Bible Readings October 30,3015

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Paul could not understand why the Jews failed to recognize Christ as the Messiah. This was ingenuous on his part, and it took a pretty major intervention from God to get him to convert to the Christian faith. For 2,000 years, God prepared the Jews years for the coming of the Messiah and they missed Him — at least from the point of view of Christianity. They are still awaiting the coming of the Messiah.

 

Romans 9:1-5

1 Brothers and sisters: I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie; my conscience joins with the Holy Spirit in bearing me witness 2 that I have great sorrow and constant anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. 4 They are children of Israel; theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; 5 theirs the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

 

P S A L M

 

Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

R: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

12 Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. (R) 14 He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills you. 15 He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! (R) 19 He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. (R)

 

GOSPEL

 

Jesus confronts the leaders of the people — those who have the power to make life easier for the poor. He presents a conundrum that forces them to face their hypocrisy. As leaders of community, let us make sure that we do not make life difficult especially for those unable to cope with our demands. Let us be a Church of the poor and stand in solidarity with those who most need our help.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me.

 

Luke 14:1-6

1 On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leadingPharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. 2 In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?” 4 But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him. 5 Then he said to them, “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?” 6 But they were unable to answer his question.

 

think: Let us be a Church of the poor and stand in solidarity with those who most need our help.

 

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Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord - Daily Bible Readings October 29,2015

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Paul ends this chapter by affirming that there is absolutely nothing that can separate us from the love of God. But we can separate ourselves from His love when we choose to sin. We are the masters of our own destiny, just as the lives of the martyrs witness to us in the centuries to come after Jesus proclaimed the Gospel. They chose death over sin because they did not want to be separated from Christ.

 

Romans 8:31-39

31 Brothers and sisters: If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him? 33 Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us. 34 Who will condemn? It is Christ Jesus who died, rather, was raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. 35 What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? 36 As it is written: For your sake we are being slain all the day; we are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered. 37 No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

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Psalm 109:21-22, 26-27, 30-31

R: Save me, O Lord, in your mercy.

21 Do you, O God, my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake; in your generous mercy rescue me; 22 for I am wretched and poor, and my heart is pierced within me. (R) 26 Help me, O Lord, my God; save me, in your mercy, 27 and let them know that this is your hand; that you, O Lord, have done this. (R) 30 I will speak my thanks earnestly to the Lord, and in the midst of the throng I will praise him, 31 for he stood at the right hand of the poor man, to save him from those who would condemn his soul. (R)

 

GOSPEL

 

 

Jesus clearly sees that His life fits into the pattern of the lives of the prophets. He can see that His fate will be the same as theirs. Though this must sadden Him on one level, still it is His desire to carry out the will of God, as He knows this will be the turning point for the redemption of all (cf. Luke 12:48-50). Jesus is not afraid of what lies ahead, but He does what He has to do and is willing to see it through.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.

 

Luke 13:31-35

31 Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose. 33 Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.’ 34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling! 35 Behold, your house will be abandoned. But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

 

think: There is absolutely nothing that can separate us from the love of God.

 

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We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you - Daily Bible Readings October 28,2015

1ST READING   When you build a house, it is important that the walls are aligned and vertical. If they are not, the house will fall down. If not now, then later on. The same is true in the spiritual life. If we fail to align our lives with the truths of the  Gospel, then we will eventually fall away from the faith. This is not just a possibility. It is inevitable.   Ephesians 2:19-22 19 Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. 21 Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; 22 in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.   P S A L M   Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 R: Their message goes out through all the earth. 1 [2] The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2 [3] Day pours out the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge. (R) 3 [4] Not a word nor a discourse whose voice is not heard; 4 [5] through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message. (R)   GOSPEL     It must have been quite an imposing experience to see all of the miracles that Jesus worked. I wonder what it was like to be an apostle, thinking that one day they would have to carry on the preaching of Jesus after He has gone. I would have placed this at the back of my mind, to be dealt with when the time arrived. Maybe this is why the apostles were not sure about what to do when Jesus ascended into heaven.   GOSPEL ACCLAMATION We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you.   Luke 6:12-16 12 Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13 When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.   think: If we fail to align our lives with the truths of the Gospel, then we will eventually fall away from the faith.   T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: __________________   ____________________________________   God’s special verse/thought for me today_ _____________________________________   READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Isaiah 21-24

We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you - Daily Bible Readings October 27, 2015

1ST READING   When you build a house, it is important that the walls are aligned and vertical. If they are not, the house will fall down. If not now, then later on. The same is true in the spiritual life. If we fail to align our lives with the truths of the  Gospel, then we will eventually fall away from the faith. This is not just a possibility. It is inevitable.   Ephesians 2:19-22 19 Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. 21 Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; 22 in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.   P S A L M   Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 R: Their message goes out through all the earth. 1 [2] The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2 [3] Day pours out the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge. (R) 3 [4] Not a word nor a discourse whose voice is not heard; 4 [5] through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message. (R)   GOSPEL     It must have been quite an imposing experience to see all of the miracles that Jesus worked. I wonder what it was like to be an apostle, thinking that one day they would have to carry on the preaching of Jesus after He has gone. I would have placed this at the back of my mind, to be dealt with when the time arrived. Maybe this is why the apostles were not sure about what to do when Jesus ascended into heaven.   GOSPEL ACCLAMATION We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you.   Luke 6:12-16 12 Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13 When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.   think: If we fail to align our lives with the truths of the Gospel, then we will eventually fall away from the faith.   T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: __________________   ____________________________________   God’s special verse/thought for me today_ _____________________________________   READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Isaiah 21-24

Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth - Daily Bible Readings October 26,2015

1ST READING   Paul introduces the “flesh” in the theology of the spiritual life. This concept encapsulates the attraction to and the nature of sin. Thus, Paul is able to contrast the works of the flesh with those of the Spirit by giving the choices we have. If we give in to the attraction of the world and the flesh, we allow sin to reign in our lives. If we surrender to grace, then it will be the Holy Spirit who drives us from within.   Romans 8:12-17 12 Brothers and sisters: We are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.   P S A L M   Psalm 68:2, 4, 6-7, 20-21 R: Our God is the God of salvation. 1 [2] God arises; his enemies are scattered, and those who hate him flee before him. 3 [4] But the just rejoice and exult before God; they are glad and rejoice. (R) 5 [6] The father of orphans and the defender of widows is God in his holy dwelling. 6 [7] God gives a home to the forsaken; he leads forth prisoners to prosperity. (R) 19 [20] Blessed day by day be the Lord, who bears our burdens; God, who is our  salvation. 20 [21] God is a saving God for us; the Lord, my Lord, controls the passageways of death. (R)   GOSPEL   Jesus knew that His accusers will work on the Sabbath whether it is necessary or not, and still get away with it. This disappointed Jesus because the leaders of the Jewish faith just pretended to be concerned about the faith; in reality, they were hypocrites. Jesus teaches us that the welfare of the people must be uppermost in our minds, not what day of the week it happens to be. Do keep the Sabbath free of work but if someone needs help, we should help them.   GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.   Luke 13:10-17 10 Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. 11 And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” 13 He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God. 14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath, said to the crowd in reply, “There are six days when work should be done. Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.” 15 The Lord said to him in reply, “Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger and lead it out for watering? 16 This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?” 17 When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated; and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.   think: If we give in to the attraction of the world and the flesh, we allow sin to reign in our lives. If we surrender to grace, then it will be the Holy Spirit who drives us from within.   T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: __________________   ____________________________________   God’s special verse/thought for me today_ _____________________________________   READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Isaiah 13-16

Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel - Daily Bible Readings October 25, 2015

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Jeremiah affirmed that God is merciful and that He wants to lead us back to Himself. Let us rejoice and give praise to God! This is at the heart of the life of a disciple. Paul invites us to rejoice constantly in the goodness of God and to praise Him at all times. Remember that everything we have has been given to us by God out of His goodness.

 

Jeremiah 31:7-9

7 Thus says the Lord: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. 8Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, the mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense throng. 9 They departed in tears, but I will console them andguide them; I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born.

 

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Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6

R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

1 When the Lord brought back the captives of Zion, we were like men dreaming. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. (R) Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” 3 The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad indeed. (R) 4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the torrents in the southern desert. 5 Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing. (R)  6 Although they go forth weeping, carrying the seed to be sown, they shall come back rejoicing, carrying their sheaves. (R)

 

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Melchizedek is the mysterious priest of the Old Testament to whom Abraham paid a tithe as an offering. He then disappeared, only to reappear a couple of times just as mysteriously. We know little about Melchizedek, but he symbolizes the enduring and eternal nature of priesthood. Let the Holy Spirit deepen our understanding of His role as we seek to follow God’s will for our lives.

 

Hebrews 5:1-6

1 Brothers and sisters: Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness 3 and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. 4 No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 5 In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him: You are my son: this day I have begotten you”; 6 just as he says in another place: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

 

GOSPEL

 

Jesus desires to heal all people. There are some who will be healed at the hands of doctors and medical science. Others will heal naturally and others will be healed by miracles. Some will not be healed until the Second Coming. How do we explain this? We do not know the answer because nobody knows the mind of the Lord.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.

 

Mark 10:46-52

46 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. 47 On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” 48 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.”50 He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.51 Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.” 52 Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

 

think: Jesus desires to heal all people.

 

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I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion that he may live - Daily Bible Readings October 24,2015

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Paul outlines his understanding of life lived under the grace and power of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, we cannot transform our lives according to the principles of the Gospel. With the Holy Spirit, everything good becomes possible. The Holy Spirit is ready and waiting for us to call upon Him to help us grow in holiness. Let us enlist His help to overcome sin and grow in the grace of God.

 

Romans 8:1-11

1 Brothers and sisters: Now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law, weakened by the flesh, was powerless to do, this God has done: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for the sake of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled in us, who live not according to the flesh but according to the spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh are concerned with the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit with the things of the spirit. 6 The concern of the flesh is death, but the concern of the spirit is life and peace. 7 For the concern of the flesh is hostility toward God; it does not submit to the law of God, nor can it; 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.

 

P S A L M

 

Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

R: Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

1 The Lord’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. 2 For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.(R) 3 Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in his holy place? 4 He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain. (R) 5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, a reward from God his savior. 6 Such is the race that seeks for him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. (R)

 

 

GOSPEL

 

 

St. Anthony Mary Claret performed more baptisms than any other priest during his time. He was also a great bishop of the Church, a beloved pastoral figure to all who knew him. Let us be inspired by the lives of the saints who are examples of faith that we admire and emulate. Let us be faithful to live a life of discipleship and service.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion that he may live.

 

Luke 13:1-9

1 Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. 2 He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? 3 By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! 4 Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them — do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?5 By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” 6 And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, 7 he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’ 8 He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; 9 it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’ ”

 

think: With the Holy Spirit, everything good becomes possible.

 

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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Isaiah 5-8