by Anthony Cavaliere | Sep 5, 2022 | Devotion
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. “ (Luke 14:26) The opening words of Jesus in this week’s gospel may sound shocking to many....
by Anthony Cavaliere | Sep 2, 2022 | Devotion
“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let...
by Anthony Cavaliere | Aug 31, 2022 | Devotion
“When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be...
by Anthony Cavaliere | Aug 30, 2022 | Devotion
Humility in Prayer Psalm 131O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is...
by Anthony Cavaliere | Aug 29, 2022 | Devotion
“Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great, for it is better to be told, ‘Come up here,’ than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do...