
“Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed” (John 20:29).

“But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone” (Matthew 24:36).

Jesus taught His disciples to find a quiet place where they could be alone with God. We need this even more as the world gets more distracting.

“See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many people. And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the…

‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:37-40).

Matthew 6 challenges us to consider our motives. Why do we worship God and try to obey Him?

“Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

A quote about fasting from St. Ambrose of Milan, who helped lead St. Augustine to Christ.

Today’s devotional looks at Mark 10:14-15, teaching about childlike faith, in light of the Feast of St. Nicholas.

“And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them on immediately.”