
Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, it was discovered that she was pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, decided to divorce her quietly. However, an angel appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, do…

God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, to a virgin named Mary. She was pledged to be married to a man named Joseph. Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, highly favored woman. The Lord is with you. Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” She had been chosen from…

Many people think that praying is merely a religious act, but it’s much more than that. In reality, praying is conversing with God, opening our hearts completely to Him, knowing that no one can understand us as much as the One who created us. When we talk about conversing with God, we speak of an…

A man with leprosy approached, knelt before Jesus, and begged him to heal him. “If you want to, you can heal me and make me clean,” he exclaimed. Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched him. “I do want to,” he said. “Be healed.” Instantly, the leprosy disappeared, and the man was…

Many people are searching for something in life and don’t know what it is. The thirst for meaning, love, and transcendence is something that has become widespread in our current world. Jesus was sitting by a well and there he said: “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water…

Feeling joy amidst pain might seem contradictory. However, Jesus, when foretelling his disciples of his death on the cross, warned them: “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she…

Jesus warned those who only lived in the present: “What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for your only happiness is here and now. What sorrow awaits you who are well-fed now, for you will go hungry. What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow.” It’s not…

One of the ways we can gauge a person is through their handling of their finances. There, we can see if they are responsible, organized, proactive, thrifty, generous, or quite the opposite. The truth is, God entrusts us with a certain amount of resources and expects us to manage them with seriousness and efficiency. Jesus…

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. His location was strategic: Galilee was a province to the north of Palestine, surrounded by military and trade routes that led into the country of Syria. Many people followed…

Jesus, speaking in Nazareth, said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: “Physician, heal yourself.” And you will tell me, “Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.” But truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Jesus did not perform many miracles…