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 (...)
1 November 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)1 Corinthians 1:26-31: God’s ChoiceBrothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who (...)
1 October 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)John 16:19-22 : Sorrow Changed into JoyJesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, ’A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’? Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy. When a woman is in labour, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of (...)
1 September 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Matthew 13:44-46: A Daring JoyJesus said: "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.” (Matthew 13:44-46)
In these two parables about the Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus does not speak about a far-off place or time, but tells of God who comes now and of God’s presence among us (...)
1 August 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)2 Samuel 11–12: That Man Is You!11 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am (...)
1 July 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Romans 15:1-7: Persevering in SolidarityWe who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. 5 May the God who gives endurance and (...)
1 June 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 14:28-33: The Price to Pay to Be a DiscipleJesus said, “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty (...)
1 May 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Matthew 28:16-20: The Coming of the KingThe eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20) (...)