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Believing Is Seeing (Miracles): “According to Your Faith, Let It Be Done to You.”

Anita Mathias — Sun, 28 May 2023 19:11:00 +0000

Matthew records, As Jesus walked on, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” He asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith, let it be done to you”; and their sight was […]

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Jesus Knows the Best Way to Do What You Are Best At

Anita Mathias — Sat, 20 May 2023 07:34:20 +0000

So Matthew records: Then Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so […]

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On Using Anger as a Trigger to Transform Ourselves

Anita Mathias — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:53:04 +0000

Dear friends, I am continuing my series of short meditations on the Gospel of Matthew. This one, the eight in the series, concludes the meditations on the sublime Sermon on the Mount. Thank you for reading along! On Using Anger as a Trigger to Transform Ourselves “Do not judge, or you too will be judged,” […]

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Do Not Worry About What To Eat: Jesus

Anita Mathias — Wed, 03 May 2023 14:44:22 +0000

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ […]

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Happy Are the Merciful for They Shall Be Shown Mercy

Anita Mathias — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:42:20 +0000

Blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy, Jesus says, articulating a law which underlies the physical universe —and human life. What you sow you reap. I know some gentle merciful ones, and indeed, they are blessed, beloved, in demand. The kindness they sow, the thoughtfulness comes back to them with compound […]

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The Power of Christ’s Resurrection. For Us. Today

Anita Mathias — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:32:50 +0000

The dawn after the worst day, Mary Magdalene and her friend Mary had seen Jesus, whom they deeply loved— A radiant, beautiful, strong young man Tortured, mocked, and judicially murdered. But as they visit the tomb, they encounter Jesus, Very much alive. Chairete, he says, Rejoice. And then, the very first sentence the risen […]

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Our Unique and Transforming Call and Vocation

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:07:45 +0000

We read in the Gospel of Matthew, that as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon and Andrew, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him. […]

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Change your Life by Changing Your Thoughts

Anita Mathias — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:25:38 +0000

Today’s meditation is on changing our lives by changing our thinking. So, just before Jesus bursts on the scene in the Gospel of Matthew The no-nonsense, utterly serious John the Baptist Comes with an utterly serious message, Repent In the Greek, metanoeite, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. The Kingdom of […]

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Do Not Be Afraid–But Be as Wise as a Serpent

Anita Mathias — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:58:17 +0000

Today’s meditation is on not being afraid, but rather, acting with wisdom. Do not be afraid, the angel in the dream tells Joseph: Marry your fiancée, Mary, who is showing, despite your chaste restraint, for in our magical world, in which angels speak to humans, a virgin has conceived by the Spirit of God, as […]

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On being as wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove

Anita Mathias — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:20:24 +0000

“I am sending you out as sheep among wolves,” Jesus says. You would imagine that a sheep among wolves would stand no chance at all. Not for a second! And that’s how Jesus sees us Christ-followers. As sheep among wolves. Yes, I have sometimes been a sheep among wolves…in toxic situations where I sense pretty […]

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