Daily Reflections

Matthew 5: 20-26 Many people conform to existing standards of right, but never stop to ask whether the standards themselves are right. To keep the rules of our society is a good thing. But as followers of Jesus, that is not enough. To be respectable is not enough. We...

St. Ephrem Matthew 5:17-19 Laws are necessary as guidelines for our good. However, Jesus knew that there is a higher law of love. Whenever there was a conflict between the letter of the law and the law of love, Jesus always chose love. He healed on the Sabbath, ate...

Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said that we are the light of the world. One lamp placed on a lamp stand can banish the darkness from a room; the flickering lights of a hilltop village can be seen for miles around. To a child who awakes alone in the middle of the night, one...