The Case for a Change of Heart
“The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.”
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Chapel
Palm Springs, California
“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..’”
“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
“’…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.’”
“And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’”
“Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’”
“They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill”