If we are going to have a question-and-answer session every time we do something you’re not used to, it’s going to be a very annoying time together for all of us.
[about Jesus calling Matthew to follow him] I don’t get it.[Simon Peter]You didn’t get it when I chose you, either.[Jesus]But this is different. I’m not a tax collector.[Simon Peter]Get used to different.[Jesus]
Hospitality isn’t only for people who own homes.
God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, He sent Him to save it through Him.[to Nicodemus]
Give generously without thinking about it. Do not do it for show, to impress others, don’t even congratulate yourself in private. Give in humility.
Everything that grows here is immaculate. Except the people. You’re such a miserable lot. You worship one God, and yet, you’re all divided.[to Matthew]
Everyone has a much larger job than just their trade.
Even though you are children, and the elders in your life have lived longer, many times, adults need the faith of children. And if you hold on to this faith, really tightly, someday soon you will understand all of what I am saying to you.
Don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
Conquest is not simply conquering nations but imposing a way of life.
All must repent or perish.
“Fear not… for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You… are mine.”[to Mary Magdalene]