You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. ~ Matthew 16:3b

Image: "Jonah Leaves the Whale's Belly", Tintoretto, 1577-1578

The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get enough bread in the desert to feed so great a crowd?"Jesus asked them, "How many loaves have you?" ~ Matthew 15:33-34a

Image: "All Were Satisfied", James E. Seward, available at Christ Centered Mall

She said, ‘Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.’ ~ Matthew 15:27 (NRSV)

Image; Jesus and the Canaanite Woman, Anonymous, 17th-c, Toulouse Musee des Augustins

And John testified, ‘I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him." ~ John 1; 32 (NRSV)

Image: Armenian miniature of the baptism of Jesus, 1273; in the Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul.

This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines. ~ Matthew 15:8-9 (NRSV)

Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" ~ Matthew 14:31

Image: Hand of God, by Yongsung Kim, available at Christ.org

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. ~ Matthew 14 19:b

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and she pleased Herod so much that he promised on oath to grant her whatever she might ask. ~ Matthew 14:6-7.

Image: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Carvaggio, c. 1607

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep.

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. ~ Luke 1:46

Image: Visitation, Albrecht Dürer, c. 1504.