October 31, 2026. You never said: “Come to Me, you who are lazy or prone to idle daydreaming.” Instead, You repeatedly invited: “Come to Me, all you who labor—I will give you rest,” that is...
Dear Jesus, I have been rereading the four Gospels and understand why the early apostles loved and trusted Your teachings—to the point of sacrificing their own lives to live in accordance with Your words. Truly, You demonstrated extraordinary wisdom and perfect fairness in all your dealings with the apostles and disciples. The final three years of your life were spent as a wanderer, a nomad with no place to call home. You possessed a profound intellectual and spiritual magnetism, evident in the authority of Your teaching, in the clarity of Your reasoning, in Your deep and penetrating insight, in the sharpness of Your mind, in Your unparalleled composure, and in Your immense magnanimity. This was clearly shown when the Pharisees came to trap You, asking whether it was lawful to pay taxes to the Roman authorities. You asked them to show You a coin and inquired whose image was upon it. They replied: "Caesar’s. " You said: "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and unto Go...
