by Mathew Swora | May 30, 2016
When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him...
by Mathew Swora | May 24, 2016
Romans 5: 1: “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not...
by Mathew Swora | May 17, 2016
(The following is the fruit of a year’s reflections after having read The Confessions by St. Augustine) “Grant me what you command, and command of me what you will.” This simple but paradoxical prayer by Aurelius Augustine, the 5th Century bishop of Hippo, North...
by Mathew Swora | May 10, 2016
(ACTS 1) In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them...
by Mathew Swora | May 3, 2016
Romans 8: 21…the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we...
