St. Paul's Church - Willington, CT Unknown

We have a tendency to think of our anger as a sign of our righteousness, but Jesus challenges us to think differently.

Early in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, he gives a clarification about his relationship to the Old Testament (the Law and the Prophets). He says that he hasn't come to abolish it, but to fulfill it. He also says that "every stroke of the pen of the Law" will remain "until heaven and earth pass away," and that anyone who teaches someone to break "the least of these commands" will be called "least in the Kingdom of God." We considered how we should understand Jesus's words and what they mean for our lives today.

Today we returned to our ongoing series in the Gospel of Matthew with the next major section: the Sermon on the Mount. We considered the significance of the beatitudes, Jesus's description of the kind of people who are blessed. What does it mean to be blessed, and what does it look like to be a blessed person?

He is risen! This morning we reflected on the the resurrection: what it means for our own future, and how it's reality and power are revealed.

The Gospel of John tells us that after Jesus died, a soldier put a spear in his side and out of the wound flowed blood and water. Tonight we considered the meaning of this moment.

This week we reflected on the significance of Jesus's trials before the Sanhedrin and Pilate: his last stops before the cross.