Acts 22: 3 – 16 3 “I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cili’cia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gama’li-el, educated according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as you all are this day. 4 I persecuted this Way ...
1 Samuel 24: 3 – 21 3 And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave. 4 And the men of David said to him, “Here is ...
By Jakob Marschner on Jan 23, 2014 Chairman of the Pope’s Commission of Cardinals appears alongside Medjugorje seer Ivan Dragicevic this weekend. By placing himself next to Ivan in an event that honors Medjugorje, the Cardinal dismisses the Prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office for the second time this week. Pope Francis with Cardinal Maradiaga last ...
1 Samuel 18: 6 – 9; 19: 1 – 7 6 As they were coming home, when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with songs of joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And ...
1 Samuel 17: 32 – 33, 37, 40 – 51 32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for ...
1 Samuel 16: 1 – 13 1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” ...
By Jakob Marschner on Jan 20, 2014 Pope Francis’ ruling on Medjugorje can be expected this year, says Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, a member of the investigative Commission. The Commission has shared its opinion on whether to give Medjugorje shrine status or not, and people are still free to visit. Cardinal Vinko Puljic of ...
By Jakob Marschner on Jan 19, 2014 The findings of the Vatican Commission on Medjugorje make a favorable judgment an option, though in a partial form because the apparitions are ongoing. The Commission found real and significant fruits in the form of conversions, and no evidence of fraud, deception or abuse. No fraud detected, good ...
Isaiah 49: 3, 5 – 6 3 And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 5 And now the LORD says, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, ...
By Jakob Marschner on Jan 18, 2014 Four years of Vatican investigation into the events of Medjugorje ended with the final meeting of the international Commission on January 17, Vatican spokesman confirms. But it may still be a while until the conclusions and the ultimate decisions of the Pope are being disclosed. Vatican spokesman Fr. ...
1 Samuel 9: 1 – 4, 17 – 19; 10:1 1 There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abi’el, son of Zeror, son of Beco’rath, son of Aphi’ah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth; 2 and he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young ...
1 Samuel 8: 4 – 7, 10 – 22 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint for us a king to govern us like all ...
1 Samuel 4: 1 – 11 1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines; they encamped at Ebene’zer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by ...
“Dear children, with a motherly love and a motherly patience I am looking at your ceaseless wandering and how lost you are. That is why I am with you. I desire to help you to first find and come to know yourself, so that, then, you would be able to recognize and to admit everything ...
