Fr. Adam Voisin's Stuff
Fear the Name of the Lord.
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You will not be acceptable to God because you are a good person, but because you know you're a sinner in need of God's mercy.
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The corporal works of mercy: To feed the hungry To give water to the thirsty To clothe the naked To shelter the homeless To visit the sick To visit the imprisoned To bury the dead
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My explanation of the parable mostly comes from Kenneth Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels.
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info_outlineFour of the lessons that every disciple of Jesus must learn:
1. After we encounter Jesus, life cannot go back to normal or to business as usual.
2. We need to learn to recognize Jesus
3. We need to learn that it’s always better to do what Jesus says, even when it doesn’t make sense to us.
4. We need to learn humility.