What does Paul mean when he writes: Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ?
These words from Saint Paul to Timothy in today’s reading are a wonderfully encouraging summary of the Christian life.
Today’s readings, as we begin the season of Lent, give us two special reminders that will help us on our journey: Who God is and who we are as human beings.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus begins what scholars call the “antitheses” in the Sermon on the Mount. He says: “You have heard that it was said… but I say to you.”
It is no accident that Jesus presented his beatitudes on a mountain.
Zebulun and Naphtali were sons of Jacob, and the leaders of two of the 12 tribes of Israel. The lands settled by their descendants were in the most northern part of Israel.
