"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?” ~ Matthew 5:13 Like many young people leaving home for the first time, I never learned to cook for myself. In university I spent my first couple years in residence, and then when I was living off campus my idea of cooking was popping a can of something and heating it in the microwave or if I was really fancy on the stove top. I could make eggs and bacon for breakfast, and my one real food item … [Read more...]
Blessed Are…
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” – Matthew 5:6 Today in our Gospel reading we come to one of the most beloved and well-known passages of Scripture: The Beatitudes. Over the next 4 weeks we will hear Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – of which the Beatitudes are the beginning – and it represents the first truly public act of Jesus’ ministry, in the Gospel of Matthew. … [Read more...]