Saint James

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum "For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. " Franklin Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer June 6, 1944...Continue reading

Don't be afraid!

Saint James also.

Forgetting the past, and moving forward towards the goal - God's plan for our lives!

Easter Sunday: April 21, 2019 Luke 24:1-53 (NIV2011) On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ...Continue reading

Holy Saturday: April 20, 2019 Luke 23:50-56 (NIV2011) Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ... who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. John 19:38-42 (NIV2011) Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. Reflection: As you prepare for Easter, think of what Jesus is doing for your sake even though you can’t see Him.

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Good Friday: April 19, 2019 Today, sometime between 12:00 noon and 3:00 pm stop for a few moments to reflect on Jesus’ death on the cross. Luke 22:47-48 (NIV2011) ...Continue reading

Maundy Thursday: April 18, 2019 Luke 22:7-46 (NIV2011) Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. ...Continue reading

Wednesday - April 17, 2019 Luke 20:41-47 and 22:1-6 (NIV2011) Then Jesus said to them, Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? ... David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. ’ David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son? While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely. Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money. He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present. Refection: It is sometimes hard to be a disciple of the truth and the way. Sometimes we want Jesus to do what we want or act the way we feel He should. Think on this and how that led Judas astray.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Luke 20:1-40 (NIV2011) One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. Tell us by what authority you are doing these things, they said. Who gave you this authority? ...Continue reading

Monday: April 15, 2019 Luke 19:45-20:8 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. ... It is written, he said to them, ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. Tell us by what authority you are doing these things, they said. Who gave you this authority? He replied, I will also ask you a question. Tell me: John’s baptismwas it from heaven, or of human origin? They discussed it among themselves and said, If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet. So they answered, We don’t know where it was from. Jesus said, Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. Reflection: Think about your body as the temple. What does Jesus need to clean to be truly honored?