A sacrifice is giving up something valued for the sake of our faith. Obedience is our dutiful or submissive compliance; this means surrendering our will to God. Though God accepts both, He is more interested in our obedience than in our sacrifices.
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever...
Mary gave birth to Jesus and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. An angel appeared to nearby shepherds with...
.. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
