Tag Archives: Jesus on cross
Eucharist, Suffering, and Me
I am trying to better understand the Eucharist and offering my take on this sacrament of the Christian Church. The Eucharist is something that some churches do once a week, twice a month, or once a month. I have been part of church that did it every week, but now I am part of church who …
My First Year
I have been blogging for a year, what a year it has been. My blog is part of my faith journey and my continued hope is that is has helped my constant readers in their faith journey. Some of you dear readers have been with me from the beginning others joined later, a few of …
At Church Week Three
So, my class continued this week. We discussed forgiveness–how difficult, life-altering, and personal it is. I began the class by sharing two recent instances where I had to forgive or my life would’ve taken for the much worse. We forgive not for the other person or to say its Ok. We forgive to heal our …
Father, Forgive Them
Luke 23:34: Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” This first saying of Jesus from the cross is traditionally called ‘The Word of Forgiveness’, theologically interpreted as Jesus’ prayer for forgiveness for those crucifying him, the Roman soldiers and all involved in crucifying him. Jesus on the cross …
This Is Grace
Jesus died so that we might live through him to the glory of Our Father in Heaven. This is how God loved the world: he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes may not perish but may have eternal life. (See John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 1John 4:9) Paul’s cry from Galatians (He loved …
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