Sister Mary Beth Klingel

Jesus said to his companions: “Fear not, little flock, for it is God’s good pleasure to open to you the reign of God. Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth…

Jesus told this parable. “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain…

In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches the disciples how to pray. Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final…

As they went on their way, Jesus entered a village, and a woman named Martha received him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, “Lord, do you not care…

A lawyer asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.” A priest and Levite both passed him without giving him any help. “But a Samaritan, as he journeyed,…

Jesus appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the owner of the harvest to send out laborers into the harvest. (Luke 10:1-2)…

As they were going along the road, someone approached and said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” He replied, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but I have nowhere to lay my head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But that one said, “Lord, let me first…

Jesus said to his companions, “If you would come after me, deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me. For saving your life will mean losing it, and losing your life for my sake will mean saving it.” (Luke 9:23-24) What does Jesus mean by saving and losing our lives? He does…

Happy are they whose sins are forgiven, in whom God finds no evil, no deceit …I stopped hiding my sin and spoke out, “God, I confess my wrong.” And you pardoned me. …You, my shelter, you save me from ruin. You encircle me with songs of freedom. …Rejoice in God. Be glad and sing, you…

I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same…

We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Christ Jesus we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character…

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled the house where they were sitting. There appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they…