What is the foundation of your life? How goes it with your heart? Are you building your spiritual house on sand or on rock? These are the fundamental questions that both the book of Deuteronomy and the Gospel of Matthew pose for us as we return to Ordinary Time.
Rock or Sand?
Cycle AOrdinary TimeWeek 9
by Bishop Robert BarronJune 1, 2008
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Authors
Bishop Robert Barron
Catechism
2424, 2087, 2083, 2055, 2047, 1949, 1852, 1934, 1828, 1723, 1715, 382, 367, 366, 209
Liturgical Readings
Cycle A - Ordinary Time - Week 9
Scriptures
Deuteronomy 11:26-28, Deuteronomy 11:32, Matthew 7:21-27, Luke 6:46-49, Job 21:7, Jeremiah 12:1
Seasons
Ordinary Time
Topics
Commandments, Conscience, Faith, God, Idolatry, Jesus Christ, Law, Life, Love, Morality, Salvation, Spiritual Gifts, Suffering