In the pursuit of justice, what is taken must be returned back or if not, its equivalent. That is the law of retaliation.

God gave this law through a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye as a standard.

To prevent the excesses of revenge or the influence of personal bias destroying the social harmony within the nation of Israel.

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1 Kings 21:1-16

Now Naboth,

 At a time when the Teachers of the Law and the Scribes and Pharisees are preoccupied with its letter,

Jesus does not abolish the Law but comes to give it a deeper meaning and insight.

He did not come to abolish but to fulfill the law.

It’s a fulfillment based on a proper understanding of the role of the law in enhancing the lives of believers.

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1 Kings 18:20-39*

So Ahab sent for all the people

“What is the kingdom of God like?”

Jesus uses imagery culled from everyday life to explain what the kingdom of God is.

In the Gospel, tells of the faith which is as big as a mustard seed,

he must be referring to a sincere faith.

The kingdom gestates and sprouts, proximity to Jesus and his way puts us

in a position to learn more about the kingdom.

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Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus says Yahweh:

The very name ‘Barnabas’ meant” son of encouragement” or son of consolation.”

It is all about healing the sicknesses of our souls bringing us back to a life of hope,

cleansing us from all that make us impure, and driving out our internal demons of fear, hatred, and violence. 

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Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3

The hand of the Lord

 The evil one, uses every form of subtle prevarication and equivocation in order to hide his true intention.

"If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word.

He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth."

Make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet.

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1 Kings 19:19-21

Elijah left. He found Elisha,

 After all, none of those who are pronounced ‘blessed’ are what the world would ordinarily regard as such.

Our pride hinders us from seeing that we are totally dependent on God.

All who strive to live the Beatitudes set by Christ in the Gospel are on the way to becoming “Blessed!”

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1 Kings 17:1-6

Now Elijah, the prophet from

Jesus clearly said that the law of God didn’t just ask for pureness on the outside,

but also pureness in the soul.

God doesn’t just abhor sin on the outside, but even more so sin inside our hearts.

Jesus is making it clear again and again, that’s it not just the action that is sinful, but the thought also.

We must be careful about what we look at and what we think about. Lust will destroy us,

as will other sinful thoughts, as those sins will lead to even greater sins.

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1 Kings 19:9a, 11-16

On reaching the place,

With the fall of Adam and Eve in paradise.

God uses a lowly maiden, was full of grace declared her unconditional obedience to God’s holy will.

She, the sinless one, the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, would be the “cause of our joy”

The Savior would be born of The Woman whom the Archangel Gabriel will great “Ave Maria!”

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Genesis 3:9-15

Yahweh God called the man

 We know that we are not on good terms with someone.

The holy voice from within us invites us, need to be reconciled with others.

We tend to overlook the smaller sins that we commit everyday unaware.

Even to our smallest sins. For if left uncheck, they might grow.

 St. Anthony of Padua, priest & doctor

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1 Kings 18:41-46

Elijah then said to Ahab,

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2 Timothy 4:1-8

In the presence of God