The Inner Room- Emotions in the Bible

Jesus is not at the tomb. Mary encounters an empty place and runs to get Peter. He finds the empty tomb and believes.

Jesus spoke from the Cross to each of us

The passover account from Exodus, Psalm 116, the cup of our salvation is the Lord, and the washing of the feet from John chapter 13 are the readings for this holiest of days

Isaiah 50 again, “The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; And I have not rebelled, have not turned back.” This is our mission, entrusted to us by Jesus. “I will praise the name of God in song, and I will glorify him with thanksgiving: “See, you lowly ones, and be...

We read from Isaiah 49 today. Jesus begins His way to the Passion from His mother’s womb. We sing of His Salvation with Psalm 71. And with the Lord as He leaves the Last Summer singing with His friends.

Mary does this lavish act of love and generosity. That we may be like her Lord. You are our light and our salvation, Jesus. Our Father in Heaven is so pleased with You that He looks at us through Your eyes.

Isn’t it incredible to find the suffering servant story in Isaiah 50, hundreds of years before it happens? Isn’t it amazing to find still hundreds of years before Psalm 22 by King David telling the very story about what happened to Jesus hundreds of years later? The amazingness of the Bible is that the word of God is a story that gets written in the history of the world, it gets written in your li...

The Prophet Ezekiel says that a prince will unite the kingdom of Israel again and it shall not be divided. In the Gospel of John we hear the high priest Caiphas saying that one man must die for the nation. It will be this man, Jesus, the Messiah that will unite all the people as the shepherd who guards his flock. Our Jewish brethren celebrate Passover tonight. We pray with and for them, that the v...

We are coming to the end of Lent, and the drama in Jesus’ last days is palpable in the readings for today. Jeremiah echoes words for himself that Jesus will also experience: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. In Psalm 18, we find encouragement In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice. I...

Today in the middle of Lent we have the celebration of the Annunciation. It is exactly 9 months before Christmas. Christmas contains the thought that Jesus was born to die. Lent contains the thought that Jesus walks towards Calvary and the hope of the Annunciation is one of promises delivered. Both events contained within the need for Jesus to die for salvation. He was born to die. Our God is a Go...

How deep is our faith? Jesus questions Jews who believe in Him. They do and they still want to kill Him

Moses Intercedes for people that are complaining about the food and preferring to return to the land of Egypt as slaves. The Pharisees hear Jesus. They do not understand who He is. Jesus explains directly and he’s going to die and he’s going to rise and people don’t know what to make of it. Do you believe it yourself?

The story of Susana saved from two false accusers, and the story of the adulterer woman caught in the act show us the extent of human and divine mercy. We go to the throne asking God to walk with us in the dark valley of evil, to deliver us from those who persecute us and want to throw stones our way to kill.

Reading through suffering. I don’t want to suffer. Life has suffering to help us take refuge in Him.

Jesus causes division. People wonder if he’s a prophet, if something good can come from Galilee if he’s from Nazareth, he is not from the right city! The Messiah would be from Bethlehem! In today’s world it is hard to speak about sin. The world of everything goes, does not want to reflect

When the OT speaks of the line of David being that of the Savior, the line is pointing to St Joseph, the step Father of Jesus. This great Saint was Jesus’s protector. His protection extends to us. Let us ask for it. He listened attentively to God. He can intercede for us.

Let’s follow Jesus closely. God is grieved than our hearts move away from Him. Let us remember what God has done for us. Let us return to God, to Jesus, Our Way.

Recite it as needed. It is an ancient prayer of protection

Jesus continues performing miracles. And people continue seeking a way to imprison him. The Lord of hosts walks amongst us. The water of the temple quickens at Our Lord’s passing.

Jesus cures the son of a royal officer. He walks among friends and foes. The king, scribes, Pharisees and people are seeking an opportunity to kill him. Jesus continues full of love making way for people to find God working amongst them. Our God walks with us

Laetare Sunday- We have reached the half point of Lent. Jesus meets with Nicodemus and tells Him He has come to set us free. He is the light of the world. In the OT we see people turning away from God doing abominable things that place them in slavery. How do you enslave yourself?

Jesus focuses today on the image of the Pharisee and the tax collector bringing their prayers to the temple. One counts all the ways he’s being righteous and the other one beats his breast asking God’s forgiveness. At least midpoint of our Lenten journey we can ask how merciful we are being In the words of the prophet Hosea

All this week, the daily readings have been reminding us of the importance of the Commandments. Today Jesus gives the shema again to the scribes when they put him to the test. Do you know what that is? Hosea the Prophet instructs us also to return our hearts to God. Psalm 81 reminds us to hear the voice of God.

We get hurt. We feel offended. We get confused. We lose our way. We harden our hearts when we stop listening to God. We harden our hearts when we stop seeing our neighbor.

To live life fully before God we have to know His law first.