Every sin leaves a trace in the world. Yet forgiveness and compassion have the power to stop it. A reflection on responsibility and redemption.
Every sin leaves a trace in the world. Yet forgiveness and compassion have the power to stop it. A reflection on responsibility and redemption.
TAGS: Christian ethics, compassion, consequences of sin, forgiveness, Last Judgment, love, mercy, responsibility, Scripture, sermon, sin, spiritual life
A paralyzed man was brought to the Lord Jesus Christ by four of his friends; and seeing their faith, Christ told the paralytic that healing was possible and commanded him to rise. There are two things in this account that I would like us to consider. First, the man was ill, he was in […]
TAGS: compassion, faith, friends, Gospel, healing, intercession, love, paralyzed man, prayer, vocation
Before his encounter with Christ, the man born blind had never seen anything. Everything was dark; he had to guess about everything by touch, by imagination; he had no real, clear vision. And then he met Christ, and the Savior opened his eyes. What was the first thing this man saw? The face of Christ, […]
TAGS: Bartimaeus, blindness, Christ, compassion, divine love, faith, healing, Kingdom of God, seeing God, seeing others, sermon, spiritual vision, transformation
I want to draw your attention to three aspects of today’s Gospel reading. First: how terrifying it is to hear that this man was in extreme need for 38 years, broken by physical illness, shattered, and that not a single person was found to help him… And what happened to this man is happening […]
TAGS: Christ, compassion, creative actions, faith, God, Gospel reading, mercy, neighbor, sacrifice, sin, spiritual peace, spirituality, wholeness
