MY RESPONSE TO THE DEVIL’S TEMPTATIONS IN THE DESERT
First Sunday of Lent .FLASHBACK: OUR ASH WEDNESDAY PROMISES FOR LENT On Ash Wednesday we promised that this time our Lenten days would be for
LENT: WHAT WOULD GOD LIKE ME TO GIVE UP, . . . TO BECOME?
Give up candy or let God make me more aware that I belong to Him?
A HUMBLE HEART CREATE IN ME, O GOD
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. What do I bring to my own weekly encounters with God and our communal presence with those gathered there? “Jesus
AM I PUTTING ENOUGH EFFORT INTO “INCREASING MY FAITH?”
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Expecting God to increase our faith automatically with no effort from us is not the way faith increases. “The apostles
WHAT LIES BEYOND MY “NARROW GATE”
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time As the pathway narrows, am I unburdening myself of the “stuff” I am not going to need as I continue
LIFE’S ALL ABOUT LIFE, NOT POSSESSIONS
“Jesus said to the crowd,‘Take care to guard against all greed,for though one may be rich,one’s life does not consist of possessions.’” “Then Jesus tells
STANDING AND SPEAKING FOR GOD
“In those days, the LORD said: ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave, that I must go down
WORTHY TO BE IN GOD’S PRESENCE
ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE HERE AND NOW Do I believe, as is said in the Mass’ Eucharistic Prayer 2, that God “holds us worthy to
EUCHARIST – DO YOU BELIEVE ONLY IN WHAT YOU CAN SEE?
EUCHARIST: DO YOU BELIEVE ONLY WHAT YOU SEE? If you want to believe in only what you can see with you physical eyes, what kind
RESURRECTION, HOLY SPIRIT, TRINITY -MYSTERY OR TRUE REALITY
RESURRECTION, HOLY SPIRIT, TRINITY, EUCHARIST -MYSTERIES OR TRUE REALITY Back to back feasts: Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and the Christ’s Most Holy Body and Blood. Mysteries?
FIRST HOLY COMMUNIONS, WEDDINGS, MOTHERS DAY AND FATHERS DAY
First Holy Communions, Weddings, Mothers Day and Fathers Day Taking time to think about these special days will nurture our own and each other’s emotional,
LEAVING THE EASTER SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE
Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi. A step-by-step formula for what God intends for us, who no longer can see Jesus in His earthly body
INCREASING ATTENTIVENESS TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD
Sixth Sunday of Easter. Be still. Listen for what the Holy Spirit is whispering within you. Revelation 21:10-11 The angel took me in spirit to
WHAT WE SEE vs. WHAT WE COULD SEE
Fifth Sunday of Easter. What we see vs. What we could see Acts 14:21-27 “After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good newsto that city.
IN GOD’S HANDS – RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
Fourth Sunday of Easter. Always and everywhere – we are in God’s hands. “Jesus said:‘My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow
OUR FORGIVING LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER
Third Sunday of Easter. We feed each other by honoring the truth of the divine image in each other. Rowan Williams, Being Disciples: Essentials of
HOW DIVINE MERCY BECOMES PRESENT IN TODAY’S WORLD: “AS THE FATHER SENT ME, SO I SEND YOU.”
Divine Mercy – Second Sunday of Easter. What is keeping those around us bound in whatever is restraining their God-centeredness? “On the evening of that
FROM HOLY SATURDAY TO EASTER SUNDAY
Love me, I call out to you.Why don’t you love me?I reach out to you.Please love me!Oh how I long for your love! (“My Lord
PALM SUNDAY
Wave not soulless palm branches . . . . . . but the real rewards of His victory – a heart beating in rhythm with
A HEART FULL OF LOVE
Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year C, Lectionary: 36 “The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. . . They said
ARE WE LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON’S BROTHER?
Fourth Sunday of Lent – Year C, Lectionary: 33 In telling this story to the Pharisees and to us, is Jesus hoping we would see