Day: April 13, 2024

April 13, 2024
St. Mark Church
Argyle, Texas

Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm 19b:8-9, 10-15
Revelation 21:1-5a
Matthew 16:13-20

Faith has brought us to this building, not simply our values. Faith tells us that Christ will transform this building to become a church. In our first reading from Nehemiah, we hear of how the Chosen People of the Old Covenant wept when hearing for the first time in seventy years the words of the Law as read by Ezra and Nehemiah. They wept for two reasons. First, they wept because during their time in captivity they had grown accustomed to a life lived without attention to the Covenant and their faith prompted them now to grieve for their sins. Secondly, they wept because of the beauty of the Covenant that had remained in their hearts where God had placed it and they again recognized it through faith in Him.