When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came toward them early in the morning, walking on the sea. He intended to pass them by. —...
Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you are God. You turn us back to the dust and say, “Go back, O child of...
...this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing. — Genesis 49:28b
All who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgement against themselves. — I Corinthians 11:29
Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? — Mark 8:17b
I have grown weary with my crying; my throat is inflamed; my eyes have failed from looking for my God. I will praise the name of God in song; I will proclaim his greatness...
He answered, “Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “Surely the t...
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice...
Jesus sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” — Mark 9:35
The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time forth for evermore. — Psalm 121:8
Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said. — Exodus 7:13
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come...
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. — 2 Corinthians 4:7
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hard toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.” — Ex...
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise — Psalm 51:17
Since I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double favor; I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Ma...
He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” — Mark 12:6
(Jesus said) Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed y...
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And are so far from my cry and from the words of my distress? — Psalm 22:1
‘And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.’ And again in this place it says, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ Since therefore it remains...