A person who is clean shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle on the tent and on all the vessels and people who were there, or on him who touched the bones or the person who was killed or died naturally or the grave. The clean person shall sprinkle it upon the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day, thus cleansing him by the seventh day. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe in water, and at nightfall he shall be clean. If anyone who has become unclean fails to cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the congregation, for he has defiled the Lord's sanctuary. The water of lustration was not dashed on him: he is unclean.
That shall be for them a law for all time. Further, he who sprinkled the water of lustration shall wash his clothes; and whoever touches the water of lustration shall be unclean until evening. Whatever that unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches him shall be unclean until evening.
The Israelites arrived in a body at the wilderness of Zin on the first new moon, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.
The community was without water, and they joined against Moses and Aaron. The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished at the instance of the Lord! Why have you brought the Lord's congregation into this wilderness for us and our beasts to die there? Why did you make us leave Egypt to bring us to this wretched place, a place with no grain or figs or vines or pomegranates? There is not even water to drink!" Moses and Aaron came away from the congregation to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. The Presence of the Lord appeared to them...
From Parshat Chukkat. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.
Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut.
--Robert Newton Peck
To see God is the promised goal of all our actions and the promised height of all our joys.
--Augustine of Hippo
May all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending
one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wilderness--
the children, the aged, the unprotected--
be guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
A precious little dog that has liver disease.
--from kosara
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This reading is from the special Torah portion read on the second day of Shavuot You shall consecrate to the Lord your God all male firstlings that are born in your herd and in your flock: you must not work...
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.--Henry Van Dyke...
The Bible is to me the most precious thing in the world just because it tells me the story of Jesus.--George MacDonald...
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Matthew 15:29-39 29 After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down. 30 Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 1 Kings 17:7-16 Responsorial Psalm: 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:13-16 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary...
[29] And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. [30] And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb,...
This reading is from the special Torah portion read on the first day of Shavuot. You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His...
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.--Anonymous...
The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief.--Leslie Weatherhead...
He was my brother who served in Iraq but he was killed there last year on June 26th.—from PoohBear87 Add your prayers now...
Matthew 15:21-28 21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 1 Kings 17:1-6 Responsorial Psalm: 121:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the...
[21] Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. [22] And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son...
This reading is from the special Torah portion read on the first day of Shavuot. On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of...
Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.--Josh Billings...
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.--Matthew 13:44...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: Hosea 6:3-6 Responsorial Psalm: 50:1, 8, 12-13, 14-15 Reading II: Romans 4:18-25 Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All...
Luke 12:32-40 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure...
[32] Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. [33] Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,...
On the eleventh day, it was the chieftain of the Asherites, Pagiel son of Ochran. His offering: one silver bowl weighing 130 shekels and one silver basin of 70 shekels by the sanctuary weight, both filled with choice flour with...
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.--Emily Dickinson...
Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.--Miguel de...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 Responsorial Psalm: 71:8-9, 14-15ab, 16-17, 22 Gospel Reading: Mark 12:38-44 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the...
Matthew 15:1-20 1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And...
[1] Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, [2] Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. [3] But he answered and said...
On the sixth day, it was the chieftain of the Gadites, Eliasaph son of Deuel. His offering: one silver bowl weighing 130 shekels and one silver basin of 70 shekels by the sanctuary weight, both filled with choice flour with...
It is never too late to give up your prejudices.--Henry David Thoreau...
Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths He will provide us with strong shoes, and He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well.--Alexander MacLaren...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 Responsorial Psalm: 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168 Gospel Reading: Mark 12:35-37 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio...
Matthew 14:22-36 22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself...
[22] And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. [23] And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into...
On the day that Moses finished setting up the Tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, as well as the altar and its utensils. When he had anointed and consecrated them, the chieftains of Israel, the heads...
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.--Dr. Seuss...
As long as I see any thing to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!--David Brainerd...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Responsorial Psalm: 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 Gospel Reading: Mark 12:28-34 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of...
Matthew 14:13-21 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore,...
[13] When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. [14] And Jesus went forth, and saw a...
Once he has made her drink the water--if she has defiled herself by breaking faith with her husband, the spell-inducing water shall enter into her to bring on bitterness, so that her belly shall distend and her thigh shall sag;...
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.--Robert Louis Stevenson...
The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God…It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12 Responsorial Psalm: 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef Gospel Reading: Mark 12:18-27 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary...
Matthew 14:1-12 At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus; 2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work...
[1] At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, [2] And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him....
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Instruct the Israelites to remove from camp anyone with an eruption or a discharge and anyone defiled by a corpse. Remove male and female alike; put them outside the camp so that they do...
It's never crowded along the extra mile.--Wayne Dyer...
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.--Jonathan Edwards...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 2 Peter 3:12-15a, 17-18 Responsorial Psalm: 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14 and 16 Gospel Reading: Mark 12:13-17 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All...
Matthew 13:53-58 53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he left that place. 54 He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, “Where did this man get...
[53] And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. [54] And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence...
The Gershonites who were recorded by the clans of their ancestral house, from the age of thirty years up to the age of fifty, all who were subject to service for work relating to the Tent of Meeting--those recorded by...
Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.--Ken Blanchard...
Do what good you can, and do it solely for God’s glory, as free from it yourself as though you did not exist. Ask nothing whatever in return. Done in this way, your works are spiritual and godly.--Meister Eckhart...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: 2 Peter 1:2-7 Responsorial Psalm: 91:1-2, 14-15b, 15c-16 Gospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary...
Matthew 13:44-52 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of...
[44] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. [45] Again,...
The Lord spoke to Moses: Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral house and by their clans. Record them from the age of thirty years up to the age of fifty, all who are subject to service...
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks.--Jack Penn...
And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.--Matthew 10:42 (Revised Standard Version)...
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops','/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg','320','240');">Hear Today's Lectionary Reading Reading I: Deuteronomy 11:18, 26-28, 32 Responsorial Psalm: 31:2-3, 3-4, 17, 25 Reading II: Romans 3:21-25, 28 Gospel Reading: Matthew 7:21-27 To read the text for today’s reading, please...
Luke 11:1-13 1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray,...
[1] And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. [2] And he said...
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