Journal

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” (Ps 50:1-2) A broken and contrite heart is the key to…

“The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.”…

“Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, … And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the…

“And Israel said to Joseph, ‘Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.’ And he said to him, ‘Here I am.’” (Ge…

“And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ‘If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from…

“And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.” (Ge 35:18) Ben-Oni means “son of sorrow” and Benjamin…

“God said to Jacob, ‘Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.’”…

“And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.’” (Mk 4:2-3) Listen or hear in…

Here are my notes from today’s Bible reading. First from the Torah: “So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face,…

“Then he said, ‘Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’ And he said to him, ‘What…