2 minute prayer reflections on the daily readings of the Church
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Corinthians
One of the arguments proponents use is that Jesus doesn’t say anything against gay marriage. Homosexuality is discussed both prior to Jesus in the Old Testament book of Leviticus, and after in New Testament letters of Saint Paul, among many other sins.
What does Jesus say about marriage?
Click here for audio reflection - https://soundcloud.com/prayfortwo/pray-for-two-gay-marriage
Click here for full text - http://www.godislove.blog/prayfor2/2020/1/14/gay-marriage
I once heard a non-Catholic ask a priest why they couldn’t receive communion.
While we encourage Christian unity, Scripture sets a very high bar for communion. In saying, “Amen,” and accepting the Eucharist, we profess to believe all the Church teaches, and that our soul is in a state of grace, that is, not in a serious state of sin.
Saint Paul shared this on the gravity of receiving communion…
Click here for audio reflection - https://soundcloud.com/prayfortwo/pray-for-two-the-gravity-of-communion
Click here for full text - http://www.godislove.blog/prayfor2/2020/1/14/the-gravity-of-communion
It is better to give than receive. Do you remember where that is in the Bible? It’s a trick question – it’s actually a quote of Saint Francis of Assisi. But the concept is very much rooted in Scripture.
Click here for audio reflection - https://soundcloud.com/prayfortwo/pray-for-2-better-to-give-than-to-receive
Click here for full text - http://www.godislove.blog/prayfor2/2019/4/30/better-to-give-than-to-receive
Diversity. There is virtue in diversity when we recognize the dignity of every human person, and our unity as members of the one body of Christ. But diversity has increasingly been used to demonize and divide.
Click here for audio reflection - https://soundcloud.com/prayfortwo/pray-for-2-diversity
Click here for full text - http://www.godislove.blog/prayfor2/2019/4/30/diversity
