Gratitude: Barometer of Faith
"Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests."
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Chapel
Palm Springs, California
"Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests."
"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.”
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.”
“The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.”
“But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
“This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.”
"‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor.’"
"‘Strive to enter through the narrow gate.’"
"‘Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.’"
"‘Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.’"
"'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you.'"
"'Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.'"
"’Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.’"
"’And who is my neighbor?’"
“At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
“But he replied, ‘Lord, let me go first and bury my father.’ But he answered him, ‘Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’”
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.”
“’Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you..’”
“’Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’”
“As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.”