1 September 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)John 16:19-22: Sadness and JoyJesus said to his disciples: “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I (...)
1 August 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)John 7:37-39: Rivers of Living WaterOn the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within him.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:37-39)
In a letter to young people written by Brother Alois some years ago, we find the following (...)
1 July 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 6:27-36: Merciful in the Image of GodJesus said: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if (...)
1 June 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Jeremiah 29:1-14: A Future of HopeThis is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. (This was after King Jehoiachin and the queen mother, the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the skilled workers and the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.) He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, (...)
1 May 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Isaiah 55:6-9: A God of MercySeek the Lord while the Lord may be found; call on God while God is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn back to the Lord, who will have mercy on them, to our God, who will freely pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:6-9)
Many people imagine the God we meet in the pages of the (...)
1 April 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Colossians 3:5-11: Strip Off Your Old Self, Live as Someone RisenPut to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put (...)
1 March 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 22:24-27: The Simplicity of the Youngest and of the One Who ServesA dispute arose among the disciples as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who (...)
1 February 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Psalm 19: God in the Heavens, in his Law, in MeThe heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and (...)
1 January 2016
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Acts 7:54–8:4: The Prayer and Forgiveness of Stephen, the First MartyrWhen the members of the Sanhedrin heard Stephen’s words, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. (...)
1 December 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 19:1-10: A Simplicity that Opens HeartsJesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried down and was happy to (...)